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).

 

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 80
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 1689 1691
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