Intel HD Graphics vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 18x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 108 Watt
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 49
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 30 March 2009
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

  • 2x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 29.5x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
  • 32x more pipelines: 192 vs 6
  • 29.6x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 825 vs 463
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13337 vs 5315
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 38.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 6
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 825 vs 463
Geekbench - OpenCL 13337 vs 5315

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
463
825
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
193
49
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5315
13337
Name Intel HD Graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark 463 825
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 49
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 13337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3258

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Broadwell GT1 GT200B
Launch date 5 January 2015 30 March 2009
Place in performance rating 1367 1364
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $799
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 9.89

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 15.6 gflops 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 6 192
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s 38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 108 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz