Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 3000

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 90 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 261 vs 258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 9 March 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	261 vs 258

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

6.4x more texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	160 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

261

258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

Name	Intel HD Graphics 3000	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	261	258
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	101

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 3000	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 6.0	Curie
Code name	Sandy Bridge GT2	G71
Launch date	1 February 2011	9 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1604	1050
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	10.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	995 million	278 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		48 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		42.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1320 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3