HD Graphics P3000 vs GeForce GTX 660

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 660 and HD Graphics P3000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 660
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 140 Watt
10.36
+1300%

GTX 660 outperforms HD Graphics P3000 by a whopping 1300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking4331153
Place by popularity58not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.27no data
Power efficiency5.15no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Generation 6.0 (2011)
GPU code nameGK106Sandy Bridge GT2
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 September 2012 (12 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96096
Core clock speed980 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed1033 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million995 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Wattno data
Texture fill rate82.5616.20
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPS0.2592 TFLOPS
ROPs242
TMUs8012

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR5System Shared
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.33.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 660 10.36
+1300%
HD Graphics P3000 0.74

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 660 3999
+1308%
HD Graphics P3000 284

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD47
+1467%
3−4
−1467%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.36 0.74
Recency 6 September 2012 1 February 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm

GTX 660 has a 1300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 660 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics P3000 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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