HD Graphics 3000 and GeForce GT 550M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score HD Graphics 3000 vs GeForce GT 550M
HD Graphics 3000
262
GeForce GT 550M
590
HD Graphics 3000
GeForce GT 550M
Architecture
Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Sandy Bridge
N12P-GT
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
February 2011
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
1350 MHz
-
Core clock speed
350 MHz
740 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
20.4 gflops
284.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
995 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
12
96
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
13.80
11.8 billion/sec
Memory type
System Shared
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
System Shared
1536 MB
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
System Shared
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
+
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
12 API
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
N/A
1.1
OpenGL
3.1
4.5
Shader Model
4.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
-
+