Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

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

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 560 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 90 nm
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 347 vs 225
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 59
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 565
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 565
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 May 2012 vs 9 March 2006
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 347 vs 225
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 vs 565

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

  • Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 45 Watt
Texture fill rate 6.72 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
347
225
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
194
59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
565
Name Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 347 225
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 59
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 565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 565
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.0 Curie
Code name Ivy Bridge GT2 G73
Launch date 14 May 2012 9 March 2006
Place in performance rating 1501 1642
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $84.95
Value for money (0-100) 2.78

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 560 MHz
Floating-point performance 33.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 4.2 GTexel / s 6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 1,200 million 177 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 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 22.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

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