Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2500 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 2500

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	1 April 2012 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

10.4x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 48 vs 6
8.7x better floating-point performance: 120 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 6
Floating-point performance	120 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	249
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G2D Mark		41
PassMark - G3D Mark		282
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2389
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2389

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2500	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Tesla
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	G94
Launch date	1 April 2012	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1710	1529
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	13.8 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	6	48
Texture fill rate	1.15 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Transistor count	392 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.0	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	192 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		768 MB
Memory bandwidth		48.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz
Memory type		DDR2