NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs Intel HD Graphics P3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Intel HD Graphics P3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
9.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2605 vs 287
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 264 vs 82
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3289 vs 1300
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3289 vs 1300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 1 February 2011
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2605 vs 287
PassMark - G2D Mark	264 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289 vs 1300
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289 vs 1300

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P3000

Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 993 MHz

Boost clock speed	1350 MHz vs 993 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics P3000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2605

287

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

264

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

1300

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

1300

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	Intel HD Graphics P3000
PassMark - G3D Mark	2605	287
PassMark - G2D Mark	264	82
Geekbench - OpenCL	10348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289	1300
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289	1300

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	Intel HD Graphics P3000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Generation 6.0
Code name	GM107	Sandy Bridge GT2
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 February 2011
Place in performance rating	906	1512
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	1350 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	995 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5