The IGP Chronicles Part 2: AMD 780G vs. Intel G45 vs. NVIDIA GeForce 8200

General Performance Showdown

We've already compared the two most important aspects of these chipsets. Now it's time to look at the general usage performance of the platforms to make sure you're not sacrificing anything in going with one over another.

PC Mark Vantage does a very good job of testing actual application throughput in various categories and providing consistent platform results. We can see that our Intel G45 and AMD 790GX/NVIDIA GF8300 platforms are an even match with each leading in a variety of test suites. The 780G platform trails slightly thanks to lower than average scores in the Communication and Music test suites. However, the average user will never notice the difference in performance on these platform configurations, unless you realize that our Intel system configuration costs about $90~$120 more than their AMD/NVIDIA counterparts.