T500 Max-Q vs HD Graphics 3000
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1241 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 6.0 (2011) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge GT2+ | TU117 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 1 February 2011 (14 years ago) | 2 December 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 795 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | 1425 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,160 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | unknown | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 79.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2496 TFLOPS | 2.554 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 12 | 56 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
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 type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 80 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 3.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2011 | 2 December 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 12 nm |
T500 Max-Q has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 166.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 3000 and T500 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that HD Graphics 3000 is a notebook graphics card while T500 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
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