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
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 192 vs 89
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.712 vs 4.329
  • 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
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 May 2012 vs 3 September 2010
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 192 vs 89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.712 vs 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.931 vs 0.426
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 754 vs 737
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 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 397 vs 346
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1583 vs 538
  • 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
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.0 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 16
Floating-point performance 192 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 397 vs 346
Geekbench - OpenCL 1583 vs 538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.162 vs 155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.306 vs 12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1731 vs 1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2906 vs 2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1731 vs 1492
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
397
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
192
89
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
538
1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.712
4.329
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
Name Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
PassMark - G3D Mark 346 397
PassMark - G2D Mark 192 89
Geekbench - OpenCL 538 1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.712 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 155.638 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.931 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.009 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 754 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1492 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 754 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1492 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 2906
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.0 Fermi
Code name Ivy Bridge GT2 GF108
Launch date 14 May 2012 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1506 1509
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 33.6 gflops 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 16 96
Texture fill rate 4.2 GTexel / s 6.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 1,200 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96

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

API support

DirectX 11.1 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.0 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

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 800 MHz
Memory type (G)DDR3

Technologies

Quick Sync
CUDA