Intel HD Graphics 2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2000 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

Intel HD Graphics 2000

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
96.6x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
14.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 32
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 213 vs 172

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 29 July 2008
Texture fill rate	850 MTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	456 vs 32
PassMark - G3D Mark	213 vs 172

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 850 MHz
5.3x more pipelines: 32 vs 6
8.8x better floating-point performance: 89.6 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 1039
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 1039

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 850 MHz
Pipelines	32 vs 6
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 1039

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1039

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1039

1505

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

456

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

213

172

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2000	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1039	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1039	1505
PassMark - G2D Mark	456	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	213	172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2000	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 6.0	Tesla
Code name	Sandy Bridge GT1	G96C
Launch date	5 January 2011	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	718	1666
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	10.2 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	6	32
Texture fill rate	850 MTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Transistor count	189 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory clock speed		800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI