Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 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) 4 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 88
• Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.712 vs 4.85
• Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.931 vs 0.561

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

• Around 3% higher core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 650 MHz
• 2.6x more texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
• 6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
• 7.7x better floating-point performance: 258.05 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
• Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 347
• 4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2149 vs 538
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 195.796 vs 155.638
• Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 9.109 vs 7.36
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 16.727 vs 12.009
• Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 960 vs 754
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 1492
• Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2701 vs 2392
• Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 960 vs 754
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 1492
• Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2701 vs 2392

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	347 478
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	192 88
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	538 2149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.712 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	155.638 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.931 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7.36 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.009 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	754 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1492 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2392 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	754 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1492 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2392 2701

Compare specifications (specs)