Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI

What is the difference between Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Sandy Bridge GT2GPU NameG71
Generation 6.0ArchitectureCurie
IntelFoundryTSMC
32 nmProcess Size90 nm
624 millionTransistors278 million
149 mm²Die Size196 mm²

Graphics Card

Feb 1st, 2011Release DateApr 20th, 2006
HD Graphics
(Sandy Bridge)
FamilyQuadro FX
(x500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Ring BusBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

System SharedMemory Size1024 MB
System SharedMemory TypeGDDR3
System SharedMemory Bus256 bit
System DependentBandwidth32.32 GB/s

Performance

2.200 GPixel/sPixel fillrate10.40 GPixel/s
13.20 GTexel/sTexture fillrate15.60 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock505 MHz
1010 Mbps effective

Render Config

12TMUs24
2ROPs16

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthTriple-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)104 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors3x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

11.1 (10_1)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.1OpenGL2.1
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.1Shader Model3.0