NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI vs Intel HD Graphics 2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI and Intel HD Graphics 2000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI

Intel HD Graphics 2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI

128x more pipelines: 768 vs 6

Pipelines	768 vs 6

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 620 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 620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2000

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1039
PassMark - G2D Mark		456
PassMark - G3D Mark		213

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI	Intel HD Graphics 2000
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Generation 6.0
Code name	N12E-GTX2	Sandy Bridge GT1
Launch date	6 January 2011	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	683
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	620 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	768	6
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Boost clock speed		1150 MHz
Floating-point performance		10.2 gflops
Texture fill rate		850 MTexel / s
Transistor count		189 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL		3.1
Memory
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	1
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs