Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M 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
• Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 116
• Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.712 vs 4.651
• Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.931 vs 0.624
• Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 1352
• Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 1352

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

• Around 14% higher core clock speed: 740 MHz vs 650 MHz
• 2.8x more texture fill rate: 11.8 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
• 6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
• 8.5x better floating-point performance: 284.16 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
• Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 570 vs 347
• 4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2363 vs 538
• Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 213.211 vs 155.638
• Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.521 vs 7.36
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.978 vs 12.009
• Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1056 vs 754
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1790 vs 1492
• Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1056 vs 754
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1790 vs 1492

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	347 570
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	194 116
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	538 2363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.712 4.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	155.638 213.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.931 0.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7.36 10.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.009 23.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	754 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1492 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2392 1352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	754 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1492 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2392 1352

Compare specifications (specs)