Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) vs NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and NVIDIA GeForce G103M 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 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 September 2009
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Around 83% higher core clock speed: 640 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 8 vs 6

Core clock speed	640 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines	8 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Name	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce G103M
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	294
PassMark - G2D Mark		34
PassMark - G3D Mark		63

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce G103M
Essentials
Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Tesla
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	G98
Launch date	1 October 2012	1 September 2009
Place in performance rating	1653	1655
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	640 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	6	8
Floating-point performance		25.6 gflops
Texture fill rate		5.12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		14 Watt
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		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16