Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE 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 FX 5700 VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 130 nm
7.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 261 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	261 vs 33

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 161 vs 35

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	161 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

261

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

161

Name	Intel HD Graphics 3000	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
PassMark - G3D Mark	261	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	161
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 FX 5700 VE
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 6.0	Rankine
Code name	Sandy Bridge GT2	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 February 2011	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	1604	1079
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Transistor count	995 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0a
OpenGL	3.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR