NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT vs Intel HD Graphics 3000

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking1143not rated
Place by popularity73not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeNB8E-SE
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years old)12 June 2007 (16 years old)
Current price$476 $310
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1232
Core clock speed350 MHz625 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHzno data
Number of transistors995 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown29 Watt
Texture fill rate13.8010.00
Floating-point performance20.4 gflops80 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 3000 and GeForce 8700M GT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16MXM-HE

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD Graphics 3000 254
+105%
8700M GT 124

HD Graphics 3000 outperforms GeForce 8700M GT by 105% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD Graphics 3000 1568
8700M GT 2026
+29.2%

GeForce 8700M GT outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 29% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 February 2011 12 June 2007
Maximum RAM amount System Shared 512 MB
Chip lithography 32 nm 80 nm

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 3000 and GeForce 8700M GT. We've got no test results to judge.


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