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).

 

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 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 191 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 191 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
191
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 191 168
PassMark - G3D Mark 633 102
Geekbench - OpenCL 2846
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 1428 1425
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

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