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).

Intel HD Graphics 500

NVIDIA NVS 300

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
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 299 vs 122
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 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	299 vs 122
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 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 891

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 12
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471 vs 891

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

299

122

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

891

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	299	122
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	41
Geekbench - OpenCL	891	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	1645	1647
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
Quick Sync