Tegra 3 vs HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1146not rated
Place by popularity99not in top-100
Power efficiency1.59no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)VLIW Vec4 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Tegra 3
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)9 November 2011 (12 years ago)

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 cores48no data
Core clock speed650 MHz416 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz520 MHz
Number of transistors392 million10 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate6.3004.160
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPSno data
ROPs18
TMUs68

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
WidthIGPIGP

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.0ES 2.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.80N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 9 November 2011
Chip lithography 22 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 20 Watt

HD Graphics has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 81.8% more advanced lithography process.

Tegra 3, on the other hand, has 75% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and Tegra 3. We've got no test results to judge.


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