Intel HD Graphics P3000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics P3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics P3000

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P3000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 423 vs 287
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 82
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1626 vs 1300
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1626 vs 1300

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	423 vs 287
PassMark - G2D Mark	188 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1626 vs 1300
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1626 vs 1300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics P3000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

423

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1300

1626

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1300

1626

Name	Intel HD Graphics P3000	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	287	423
PassMark - G2D Mark	82	188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1300	1626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1300	1626
Geekbench - OpenCL		1163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		109.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1158

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics P3000	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 6.0	Fermi
Code name	Sandy Bridge GT2	GF108
Launch date	1 February 2011	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1512	1513
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Transistor count	995 million	585 million
Floating-point performance		134.4 gflops
Pipelines		48
Texture fill rate		2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	3.1	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1048 MB
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3