HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) vs GeForce GTX 470
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 470 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 470
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce GTX 470 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Sandy Bridge GT2 () | vs | GF100 (GF100-275-A3) |
| Fab Process | 32 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 216 mm² | vs | 529 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 3,100 million |
| Shaders | 12 | vs | 448 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 608 MHz |
| ROPs | 2 | vs | 40 |
| TMUs | 2 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce GTX 470 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 320 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 837 MHz
3348 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1280 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce GTX 470 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 215 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Feb 2011 | vs | 26 Mar 2010 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better