NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M vs Intel HD Graphics 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M and Intel HD Graphics 3000 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 12x more pipelines: 144 vs 12
  • 12.4x better floating-point performance: 253.4 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 551 vs 261
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 35
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1833 vs 1137
  • 23.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2418 vs 101
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1833 vs 1137
  • 23.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2418 vs 101
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 March 2012 vs 1 February 2011
Pipelines 144 vs 12
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 551 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1833 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2418 vs 101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1833 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2418 vs 101

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

  • Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 753 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 753 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
551
261
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
171
35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2418
101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2418
101
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M Intel HD Graphics 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark 551 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 35
Geekbench - OpenCL 2520
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 205.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.728
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 800
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1833 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2418 101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 800
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1833 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2418 101

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M Intel HD Graphics 3000

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Generation 6.0
Code name GF116 Sandy Bridge GT2
Launch date 22 March 2012 1 February 2011
Place in performance rating 1451 1604
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 753 MHz 1100 MHz
CUDA cores Up to 144
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops 20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 144 12
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 995 million
Core clock speed 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.7 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0 1
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus