HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) vs GeForce 8800 GS
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider GeForce 8800 GS |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends GeForce 8800 GS
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce 8800 GS | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Sandy Bridge GT2 () | vs | G92 (G92-150-A2) |
| Fab Process | 32 nm | vs | 65 nm |
| Die Size | 216 mm² | vs | 324 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 754 million |
| Shaders | 12 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 1 | vs | 12 |
| TMUs | 1 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce 8800 GS | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 384 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce 8800 GS | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 105 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Feb 2011 | vs | 31 Jan 2008 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better