Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 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 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 90 nm
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 49 Watt
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 345 vs 254
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 191 vs 68

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 49 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	345 vs 254
PassMark - G2D Mark	191 vs 68

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

2.1x more texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

345

254

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

191

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	345	254
PassMark - G2D Mark	191	68
Geekbench - OpenCL	539
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 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Curie
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	G71
Launch date	14 May 2012	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1499	1495
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$259
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	278 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
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
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		42.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1320 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
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