Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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 512

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 65 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 630 vs 550
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 11 December 2007
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	630 vs 550
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 66

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
8.3x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 128 vs 20
8.3x better floating-point performance: 416.0 gflops vs 50 gflops
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2808
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2808

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 20
Floating-point performance	416.0 gflops vs 50 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 2808

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

630

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2808

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2808

3342

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark	630	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	66
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	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	194

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Tesla
Code name	Haswell GT2	G92
Launch date	3 June 2013	11 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1359	1346
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops	416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	20	128
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	135 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		254 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	256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		52.5 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1640 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
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