Intel HD Graphics 500 vs NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 500 and NVIDIA NVS 3100M 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 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 86% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
  • 3.1x better floating-point performance: 144.0 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 14 Watt
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 299 vs 115
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 36
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1122 vs 988
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1122 vs 988
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 7 January 2010
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 144.0 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 14 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 299 vs 115
PassMark - G2D Mark 81 vs 36
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 579 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1122 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 579 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1122 vs 988

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 3100M

  • 3x more core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 16 vs 12
  • 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2905 vs 886
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 606 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines 16 vs 12
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2905 vs 886

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 3100M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
299
115
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
81
36
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
886
2905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
579
578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1122
988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
579
578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1122
988
Name Intel HD Graphics 500 NVIDIA NVS 3100M
PassMark - G3D Mark 299 115
PassMark - G2D Mark 81 36
Geekbench - OpenCL 886 2905
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) 579 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1122 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 579 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1122 988

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 500 NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Apollo Lake GT1 GT218
Launch date 1 September 2015 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1645 1637
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 750 MHz
Core clock speed 200 MHz 606 MHz
Floating-point performance 144.0 gflops 46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 12 16
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s 4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 260 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16

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 GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 12.64 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz

Technologies

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