Intel HD Graphics 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 500 and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i 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 7100 + nForce 630i

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 500

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 299 vs 42
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 80 vs 37

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 4 October 2007
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	299 vs 42
PassMark - G2D Mark	80 vs 37

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

3x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 200 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

299

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	Intel HD Graphics 500	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
PassMark - G3D Mark	299	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	37
Geekbench - OpenCL	905
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 7100 + nForce 630i
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Curie
Code name	Apollo Lake GT1	C73
Launch date	1 September 2015	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1652	1649
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	144.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCI
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4
Shared memory	1
Technologies
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