Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 610

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce 610 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 4000

NVIDIA GeForce 610

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 1 December 2011
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 610

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 5.9 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
4.2x better floating-point performance: 141.7 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 45 Watt

Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.9 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	141.7 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 610

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	NVIDIA GeForce 610
PassMark - G3D Mark	347
PassMark - G2D Mark	194
Geekbench - OpenCL	538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2392
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4000	NVIDIA GeForce 610
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	GF119
Launch date	14 May 2012	1 December 2011
Place in performance rating	1501	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	738 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops	141.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	48
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	5.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.0	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Technologies
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