NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs Intel HD Graphics 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 60.3x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 1.7 GTexel / s
  • 112x more pipelines: 1344 vs 12
  • 120.6x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 20.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5345 vs 261
  • 15.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 537 vs 35
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3686 vs 1137
  • 33.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 101
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3686 vs 1137
  • 33.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 101
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 May 2012 vs 1 February 2011
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 12
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5345 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 537 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3686 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3686 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 101

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 980 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5345
261
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
537
35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3686
1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3686
1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
101
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Intel HD Graphics 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark 5345 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 537 35
Geekbench - OpenCL 15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3686 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3686 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 101
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1839

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Intel HD Graphics 3000

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Generation 6.0
Code name GK104 Sandy Bridge GT2
Launch date 10 May 2012 1 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 554 1604
Price now $474.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 13.20

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz 850 MHz
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops 20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 1344 12
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec 1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 995 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.2 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256-bit GDDR5 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 1

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA