Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M 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 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 346 vs 106
  • 5.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 192 vs 35
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1492 vs 1458
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 1774
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1492 vs 1458
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 1774
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 May 2012 vs 3 March 2010
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 346 vs 106
PassMark - G2D Mark 192 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1492 vs 1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 vs 1774
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1492 vs 1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 vs 1774

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

  • Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 24 vs 16
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • 6.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3307 vs 539
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 24 vs 16
Floating-point performance 80 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 3307 vs 539

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
346
106
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
192
35
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
539
3307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1492
1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
1774
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1492
1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
1774
Name Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark 346 106
PassMark - G2D Mark 192 35
Geekbench - OpenCL 539 3307
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 1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 1774
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1492 1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 1774
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Ivy Bridge GT2 GT216
Launch date 14 May 2012 3 March 2010
Place in performance rating 1506 1509
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 33.6 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 16 24
Texture fill rate 4.2 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 1,200 million 486 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11.1 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.0 3.3

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz
Memory type DDR3

Technologies

Quick Sync
HybridPower
PCI-E 2.0