HD Graphics 3000 and GT218 - video card comparison

HD Graphics 3000

GT218

Architecture

Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)

Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)

GPU code name

Sandy Bridge

GT218

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

February 2011

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Interface

PCIe 1.0 x16

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Boost clock speed

1350 MHz

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Core clock speed

350 MHz

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Floating-point performance

20.4 gflops

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Manufacturing process technology

32 nm

40 nm

Number of transistors

995 million

260 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

12

16

Power consumption (TDP)

unknown

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Texture fill rate

13.80

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Memory type

System Shared

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Maximum RAM amount

System Shared

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Memory bus width

64/128 Bit

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Memory clock speed

System Shared

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Shared memory

+

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Display Connectors

No outputs

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DirectX

11.1 (10_1)

11.1 (10_1)

CUDA

-

1.2

OpenCL

N/A

1.1

OpenGL

3.1

3.3

Shader Model

4.1

4.1

Vulkan

N/A

N/A

PureVideo HD

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VP4