Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 258 vs 212
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2011 vs 15 June 2009
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 258 vs 212

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 4.7x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 48 vs 12
  • 5.2x better floating-point performance: 105.6 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 vs 36
  • 17.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1727 vs 101
  • 17.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1727 vs 101
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 12
Floating-point performance 105.6 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 39 vs 36
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1727 vs 101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1727 vs 101

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
258
212
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
36
39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
101
1727
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
101
1727
Name Intel HD Graphics 3000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
PassMark - G3D Mark 258 212
PassMark - G2D Mark 36 39
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 101 1727
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 101 1727
Geekbench - OpenCL 5644

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 3000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 6.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Sandy Bridge GT2 GT216
Launch date 1 February 2011 15 June 2009
Place in performance rating 1598 1600
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 850 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 20.4 gflops 105.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 12 48
Texture fill rate 1.7 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 995 million 486 million
CUDA cores 48
Gigaflops 158
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.1
OpenGL 3.1 2.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Memory type GDDR2, GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0