Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 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 8800 GTS 320

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 90 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 143 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 630 vs 412
10.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 31

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 12 February 2007
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 143 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	630 vs 412
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 31

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Around 28% higher core clock speed: 513 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 96 vs 20
4.6x better floating-point performance: 228.1 gflops vs 50 gflops

Core clock speed	513 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 20
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops vs 50 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

630

412

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark	630	412
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	31
Geekbench - OpenCL	3210
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 8800 GTS 320
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Tesla
Code name	Haswell GT2	G80
Launch date	3 June 2013	12 February 2007
Place in performance rating	1359	1640
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	513 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	20	96
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	143 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.3	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	320 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		320 MB
Memory bandwidth		63.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1584 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
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