Intel HD Graphics 500 vs NVIDIA NVS 300

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 500 and NVIDIA NVS 300 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
  • 3.7x better floating-point performance: 144.0 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 18 Watt
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 298 vs 122
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 80 vs 41
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1122 vs 996
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1122 vs 996
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 8 January 2011
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 144.0 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 18 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 298 vs 122
PassMark - G2D Mark 80 vs 41
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1122 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1122 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 300

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 16 vs 12
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2471 vs 898
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 520 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines 16 vs 12
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2471 vs 898

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 300

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
298
122
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
80
41
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
898
2471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1122
996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1122
996
Name Intel HD Graphics 500 NVIDIA NVS 300
PassMark - G3D Mark 298 122
PassMark - G2D Mark 80 41
Geekbench - OpenCL 898 2471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 35.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1122 996
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1122 996

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 500 NVIDIA NVS 300

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Apollo Lake GT1 GT218
Launch date 1 September 2015 8 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1652 1654
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $109

Technical info

Boost clock speed 750 MHz
Core clock speed 200 MHz 520 MHz
Floating-point performance 144.0 gflops 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 12 16
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 18 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 260 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DMS-59

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4 DDR3
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 12.64 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz

Technologies

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