NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand vs Intel HD Graphics 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
10.2x more texture fill rate: 17.28 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 144 vs 12
20.3x better floating-point performance: 414.7 gflops vs 20.4 gflops

Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 1 February 2011
Texture fill rate	17.28 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	144 vs 12
Floating-point performance	414.7 gflops vs 20.4 gflops

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 720 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 3000

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand	Intel HD Graphics 3000
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	410
PassMark - G3D Mark		261
PassMark - G2D Mark		35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1137
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		101

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand	Intel HD Graphics 3000
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Generation 6.0
Code name	GF116	Sandy Bridge GT2
Launch date	24 April 2012	1 February 2011
Place in performance rating	1602	1604
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	414.7 gflops	20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	144	12
Texture fill rate	17.28 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	995 million
Boost clock speed		1100 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1