Intel HD Graphics 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 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 GTX 560 Ti X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 500

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
28.3x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 170 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 1 GB

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 25 January 2011
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 1 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

4.3x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 200 MHz
28.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 9 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 2x 384 vs 12
18.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 144.0 gflops
6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.3 vs 0.215

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 384 vs 12
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 144.0 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.3 vs 0.215

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.215

1.3

Name	Intel HD Graphics 500	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	299
PassMark - G2D Mark	81
Geekbench - OpenCL	891
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	1.3
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 GTX 560 Ti X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Apollo Lake GT1	GF114
Launch date	1 September 2015	25 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1645	1646
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	144.0 gflops	2x 1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	12	2x 384
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		2x 128.3 GB / s
Memory clock speed		4008 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync