Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i 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.

Intel HD Graphics 4600

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 90 nm
25.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 629 vs 25
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 315 vs 102

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 13 January 2008
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	629 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	315 vs 102

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

629

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

315

102

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i
PassMark - G3D Mark	629	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	315	102
Geekbench - OpenCL	3232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	194

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Curie
Code name	Haswell GT2	C73
Launch date	3 June 2013	13 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1354	1356
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	20
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.3	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Technologies
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