Intel HD Graphics 3000
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Intel HD Graphics 3000
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

993
Place in performance rating
288
Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge
Architecture
Kepler
Sandy Bridge GT2
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 February 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
23 October 2012 (9 years ago)
$476
Price now
$200
0.01
Value for money
7.34
Sandy Bridge
GPU code name
no data
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
1536
350 MHz
Core clock speed
720 MHz
1150 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
995 million
Transistor count
3540 Million
32 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
122 Watt
13.80
Texture fill rate
92.2 billion/sec
20.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
no data
CUDA cores
1536
12
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
1350 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
995 million
Number of transistors
3540 Million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
122 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 680MX.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
no data
no data
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

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 680MX can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
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Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
FXAA
+
no data
TXAA
+
no data
Adaptive VSync
+
no data
Verde Drivers
+
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 API
3.1
OpenGL
4.5
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 680MX 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 680MX 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 680MX
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
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

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

18.59% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($200 vs $476)

More pipelines (1536 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 32 nm)

So, Intel HD Graphics 3000 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX .

Intel HD Graphics 3000 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 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 680MX