Intel HD Graphics 4400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4400 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 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 4400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 96 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 524 vs 477
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 275 vs 44
  • 16.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 7.844 vs 0.465
  • 10.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1381 vs 127
  • 10.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1381 vs 127
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2013 vs 21 February 2008
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 96 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 524 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark 275 vs 44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.844 vs 0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1381 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1381 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

  • 4.6x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 4.5x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 4.6 GTexel / s
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 64 vs 20
  • 4.5x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 46 gflops
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 3044
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 3044
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1625 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.8 billion / sec vs 4.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 64 vs 20
Floating-point performance 208 gflops vs 46 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3161 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3161 vs 3044

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
524
477
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
275
44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.844
0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1381
127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3044
3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1381
127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3044
3161
Name Intel HD Graphics 4400 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 524 477
PassMark - G2D Mark 275 44
Geekbench - OpenCL 2143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.844 0.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 154.696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1381 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3044 3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1381 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3044 3161
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 152

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 4400 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.5 Tesla
Code name Haswell GT2 G94
Launch date 3 September 2013 21 February 2008
Place in performance rating 1421 1587
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $39.99
Value for money (0-100) 23.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 1625 MHz
Floating-point performance 46 gflops 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 20 64
Texture fill rate 4.6 GTexel / s 20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 96 Watt
Transistor count 392 million 505 million
CUDA cores 64
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.3 2.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI