Intel HD Graphics 515 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 515 and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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 515

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 190 vs 168
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 633 vs 102
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1657 vs 329
5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1657 vs 329

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 17 April 2007
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	190 vs 168
PassMark - G3D Mark	633 vs 102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1657 vs 329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1657 vs 329

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

190

168

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

633

102

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

329

Name	Intel HD Graphics 515	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
PassMark - G2D Mark	190	168
PassMark - G3D Mark	633	102
Geekbench - OpenCL	2868
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1657	329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1657	329

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 515	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Skylake GT2	C78
Launch date	1 September 2015	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1425	1421
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Price now		$22.68
Value for money (0-100)		5.26
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	91.20 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	729.6 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	364.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines	24
Pixel fill rate	2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count		210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCI
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3
Shared memory	Yes
Technologies
Quick Sync