Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 347 vs 158
  • 5.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 37
  • 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 331
  • 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 331
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 May 2012 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 347 vs 158
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 vs 37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 vs 331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 vs 331

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

  • Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 45 Watt
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 27 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
347
158
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
194
37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
331
Name Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 347 158
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 37
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 331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 331
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.0 Curie
Code name Ivy Bridge GT2 G73
Launch date 14 May 2012 22 March 2006
Place in performance rating 1501 1685
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $84.99
Price now $84.99
Value for money (0-100) 2.06

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 33.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 4.2 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 27 Watt
Transistor count 1,200 million 177 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 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11.1 (11_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.0 2.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR2

Technologies

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