NVIDIA GeForce 315M vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315M and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1212 MHz vs 400 MHz
4x more pipelines: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 45 nm
19.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 1 May 2010
Core clock speed	1212 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	115 vs 6

Reasons to consider the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 36

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 315M
GPU 2: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	58
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	PowerVR SGX5
Code name	GT218	GMA 600
Launch date	5 January 2011	1 May 2010
Place in performance rating	1636	1581
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1212 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	38.78 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	45 nm
Pipelines	16	4
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt
Transistor count	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	4.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0