Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT 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 FX 5600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 235 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 130 nm
38.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 347 vs 9
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	347 vs 9
PassMark - G2D Mark	194 vs 166

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

223.8x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

194

166

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	347	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	194	166
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 FX 5600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Rankine
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	NV31 A1
Launch date	14 May 2012	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1501	1070
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	235 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	940 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	80 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		None
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Technologies
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