Intel HD Graphics 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 500 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 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).

Intel HD Graphics 500

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 500

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 300 vs 123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 30 September 2005
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	300 vs 123

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 122 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	122 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

300

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

Name	Intel HD Graphics 500	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	300	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	122
Geekbench - OpenCL	911
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	35.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	2.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1122
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1122

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 500	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Curie
Code name	Apollo Lake GT1	NV48
Launch date	1 September 2015	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1658	1278
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	144.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		532 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync