Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	1 October 2012 vs 1 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

Around 54% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 8 vs 6

Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines	8 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

Name	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	294
PassMark - G3D Mark		76
PassMark - G2D Mark		38
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		10.49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		620
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		620

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
Essentials
Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Tesla
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	G98
Launch date	1 October 2012	1 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1690	1692
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$22.99
Price now		$22.99
Value for money (0-100)		5.67
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	6	8
Floating-point performance		20.8 gflops
Texture fill rate		4.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count		210 million
API support
DirectX	11.0	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None