Intel HD Graphics 515 vs NVIDIA GRID M40

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 515 and NVIDIA GRID M40 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel HD Graphics 515

NVIDIA GRID M40

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M40

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz

Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 950 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M40

Name	Intel HD Graphics 515	NVIDIA GRID M40
PassMark - G2D Mark	191
PassMark - G3D Mark	635
Geekbench - OpenCL	2844
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		576.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		87.629

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 515	NVIDIA GRID M40
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Maxwell
Code name	Skylake GT2	GM107
Launch date	1 September 2015	18 May 2016
Place in performance rating	1428	1429
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	91.20 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	729.6 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	364.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines	24
Pixel fill rate	2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count		1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3
Shared memory	Yes
Memory clock speed		5400 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync