Intel HD Graphics 510 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 510 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 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 510

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 510

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 11.4 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 49 Watt
128x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 256 MB
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 625 vs 254
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 163 vs 68

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 May 2006
Texture fill rate	11.4 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 49 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	625 vs 254
PassMark - G2D Mark	163 vs 68

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 510
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

625

254

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

163

Name	Intel HD Graphics 510	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	625	254
PassMark - G2D Mark	163	68
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	215.873
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	11.675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	15.094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	902
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1786
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	902
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1786
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 510	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Curie
Code name	Skylake GT1	G71
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1497	1496
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$259
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	182.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	11.4 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		42.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1320 MHz
Technologies
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