Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs Intel HD Graphics 3000

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5500 and Intel HD Graphics 3000 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 5500

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 24 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 594 vs 261
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 230 vs 35
13.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 101
13.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 101

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 1 February 2011
Pipelines	24 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	594 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark	230 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 101

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

8.5x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 100 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1137 vs 754
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1137 vs 754

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1137 vs 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1137 vs 754

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

594

261

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

754

1137

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

101

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

754

1137

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

101

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5500	Intel HD Graphics 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark	594	261
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	2262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	195.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	754	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397	101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	754	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397	101
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	233

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5500	Intel HD Graphics 3000
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Generation 6.0
Code name	Broadwell GT2	Sandy Bridge GT2
Launch date	5 September 2014	1 February 2011
Place in performance rating	1478	1604
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	100 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	24	12
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	995 million
Floating-point performance		20.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		1.7 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory	1	1
Technologies
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