Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS 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 6800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 130 nm
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 347 vs 192
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 72

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 8 December 2005
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	347 vs 192
PassMark - G2D Mark	194 vs 72

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 5.1 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

192

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

194

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	347	192
PassMark - G2D Mark	194	72
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 6800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Curie
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	NV40 A1
Launch date	14 May 2012	8 December 2005
Place in performance rating	1500	1497
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	222 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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.0	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		32.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
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