Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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: 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 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 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 49% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 67 Watt
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 347 vs 142

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 67 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	347 vs 142

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 194

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 194

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

194

212

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	347	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	194	212
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 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Curie
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	NV40 A1
Launch date	14 May 2012	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1501	849
Type	Laptop	Desktop
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	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	67 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		700 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
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