Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M 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 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 191 vs 90
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.712 vs 4.277
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.931 vs 0.426
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 754 vs 737
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 754 vs 737

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

• Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 650 MHz
• Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 6.0 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
• 6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
• 5.7x better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
• Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 405 vs 346
• 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1583 vs 539
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 162.162 vs 155.638
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 12.306 vs 12.009
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 1492
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2906 vs 2392
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 1492
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2906 vs 2392

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	346 405
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	191 90
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	539 1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.712 4.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	155.638 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.931 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.009 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	754 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1492 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2392 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	754 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1492 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2392 2906

Compare specifications (specs)