Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 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 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 540 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 80 nm
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 47 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 347 vs 131
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 42
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1492 vs 449
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 1397
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1492 vs 449
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 1397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	347 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark	194 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1492 vs 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2392 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1492 vs 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2392 vs 1397

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

2x more texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2.3x better floating-point performance: 76.16 gflops vs 33.6 gflops

Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops vs 33.6 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

194

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1492

449

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2392

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1492

449

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2392

1397

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	347	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	194	42
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	449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2392	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1492	449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2392	1397
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4000	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Tesla
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	G84
Launch date	14 May 2012	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1501	1621
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	32
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	289 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		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.0	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
Quick Sync
SLI