NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 vs Intel HD Graphics P3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 and Intel HD Graphics P3000 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Intel HD Graphics P3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later

Launch date	6 June 2011 vs 1 February 2011

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P3000

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 772 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 772 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics P3000

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	Intel HD Graphics P3000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	914.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.735
PassMark - G3D Mark		287
PassMark - G2D Mark		82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1300
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1300

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2	Intel HD Graphics P3000
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Generation 6.0
Code name	GF110	Sandy Bridge GT2
Launch date	6 June 2011	1 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1122	1512
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	772 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	244 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	995 million
Boost clock speed		1350 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	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5