Intel HD Graphics 3000
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Intel HD Graphics 3000
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between Intel HD Graphics 3000  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M.

993
Place in performance rating
976
no data
Value for money (0-100)
10.45
Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge
Architecture
Fermi
Sandy Bridge GT2
Code name
GF108
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 February 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2011 (10 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$59.99
$476
Price now
$237 (4x MSRP)
0.01
Value for money
0.02
Sandy Bridge
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between Intel HD Graphics 3000  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

96
Pipelines
48
350 MHz
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
1150 MHz
Boost Clock
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995 million
Transistor count
585 million
32 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
13.80
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
20.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
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CUDA cores
48
12
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
1350 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
995 million
Number of transistors
585 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
12 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M.

System Shared
Memory type
DDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
no data
Verde Drivers
+
no data
DirectCompute
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 API
3.1
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
N/A
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 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 GT 520M 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 GT 520M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 3000

More pipelines (96 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (32 nm vs 40 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

0.09% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($237 (4x MSRP) vs $476)

So, Intel HD Graphics 3000 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M .

Intel HD Graphics 3000 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

2.8 Out of 205 Hitesti Score
3.7 Out of 26 Hitesti Score