Intel HD Graphics 515 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 515 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 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).

Intel HD Graphics 515

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
1295.5x more texture fill rate: 22.80 GTexel/s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 59 Watt
21.3x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 768 MB
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 191 vs 58
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 636 vs 398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 30 March 2009
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 59 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	191 vs 58
PassMark - G3D Mark	636 vs 398

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Around 83% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.7x more pipelines: 64 vs 24
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2917 vs 1657
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2917 vs 1657

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	64 vs 24
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917 vs 1657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917 vs 1657

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

191

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

636

398

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

2917

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

2917

Name	Intel HD Graphics 515	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G2D Mark	191	58
PassMark - G3D Mark	636	398
Geekbench - OpenCL	2847
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	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1657	2917

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 515	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Skylake GT2	G94
Launch date	1 September 2015	30 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1432	1429
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$489
Price now		$186.29
Value for money (0-100)		4.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 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	64
Pixel fill rate	2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	59 Watt
Floating-point performance		176 gflops
Transistor count		505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	768 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	Yes
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync