Intel HD Graphics 3000
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Intel HD Graphics 3000
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

993
Place in performance rating
587
Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge
Architecture
Fermi
Sandy Bridge GT2
Code name
GF116
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 February 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
30 May 2011 (10 years ago)
$476
Price now
$1198
0.01
Value for money
0.09
Sandy Bridge
GPU code name
N12E-GS
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
192
350 MHz
Core clock speed
775 MHz
1150 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
995 million
Transistor count
1,170 million
32 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
13.80
Texture fill rate
24.8 billion/sec
20.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
595.2 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
192
12
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
1350 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
995 million
Number of transistors
1,170 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
2-way
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Bus support
PCI-E 2.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
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Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
3D Gaming
+
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 API
3.1
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
N/A
no data
Shader Model
5.1
no data
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel HD Graphics 3000 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 3000

Cheaper ($476 vs $1198)

Finer manufacturing process technology (32 nm vs 40 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

5.07% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (192 vs 96)

So, Intel HD Graphics 3000 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M .

Intel HD Graphics 3000 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 3000
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M