Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 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 4600

• Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 90 nm
• Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 84 Watt
• Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 630 vs 388
• Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 165
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2808 vs 1015
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2808 vs 1015

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

• Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
• 3.1x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	630 388
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	314 165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2808 1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2808 1015

Compare specifications (specs)