Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) vs NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	1 October 2012 vs 27 November 2009
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Around 68% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.7x more pipelines: 16 vs 6

Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Name	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	294
PassMark - G2D Mark		41
PassMark - G3D Mark		143
Geekbench - OpenCL		2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1052
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1052

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	GT218
Launch date	1 October 2012	27 November 2009
Place in performance rating	1653	1654
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	589 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	6	16
Floating-point performance		44.86 gflops
Texture fill rate		4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		31 Watt
Transistor count		260 million
API support
DirectX	11.0	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		5.33 GB / s
Memory clock speed		666 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None