NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs Intel GMA X3100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and Intel GMA X3100 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Intel GMA X3100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	21 February 2008 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X3100

7.4x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 96 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 96 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
GPU 2: Intel GMA X3100

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	Intel GMA X3100
PassMark - G3D Mark	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	Intel GMA X3100
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Generation 4.0
Code name	G94	Broadwater
Launch date	21 February 2008	9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	1587	not rated
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI