Intel HD Graphics 4400 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4400 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 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 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 69 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 524 vs 501
  • 6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 275 vs 46
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3044 vs 1385
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3044 vs 1385
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2013 vs 17 November 2009
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 69 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 524 vs 501
PassMark - G2D Mark 275 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3044 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3044 vs 1385

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

  • 3.8x more core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 3.8x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.6 GTexel / s
  • 4.8x more pipelines: 96 vs 20
  • 5.6x better floating-point performance: 257.28 gflops vs 46 gflops
  • 4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9236 vs 2143
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1979 vs 1381
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1979 vs 1381
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1340 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 20
Floating-point performance 257.28 gflops vs 46 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 9236 vs 2143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1979 vs 1381
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1979 vs 1381

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
524
501
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
275
46
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2143
9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1381
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3044
1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1381
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3044
1385
Name Intel HD Graphics 4400 NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
PassMark - G3D Mark 524 501
PassMark - G2D Mark 275 46
Geekbench - OpenCL 2143 9236
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.844
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 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3044 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1381 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3044 1385
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 152

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 4400 NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.5 Tesla 2.0
Code name Haswell GT2 GT215
Launch date 3 September 2013 17 November 2009
Place in performance rating 1421 1394
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Price now $37.99
Value for money (0-100) 22.27

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 1340 MHz
Floating-point performance 46 gflops 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 20 96
Texture fill rate 4.6 GTexel / s 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 69 Watt
Transistor count 392 million 727 million
CUDA cores 96
Maximum GPU temperature 105C C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.3 3.2

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Vision
CUDA