NVIDIA NVS 300 vs Intel GMA 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 300 and Intel GMA 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 300

Intel GMA 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 300

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	8 January 2011 vs 1 July 2006
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 3000

Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 18 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 18 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 300
GPU 2: Intel GMA 3000

Name	NVIDIA NVS 300	Intel GMA 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	39
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 300	Intel GMA 3000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Generation 3.5
Code name	GT218	Lakeport
Launch date	8 January 2011	1 July 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	1660	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	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	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz
Memory type	DDR3