Intel HD Graphics 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 530 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 530

• Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
• 16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 245

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

• 3.1x more core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 350 MHz
• Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1150 MHz
• Around 87% higher texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
• 26.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 24
• 3.7x better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 403.2 gflops
• 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3366 vs 995
• 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10985 vs 4397
• Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 30.747
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 330.464
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 1.804
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 19.781
• 5.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 30.177
• 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 1045
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2393
• 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 1045
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2393
• 3.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1231 vs 384

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	995 3366
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	254 245
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4397 10985
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.747 54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	330.464 795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.804 3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	19.781 51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.177 174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1045 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2393 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3346 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1045 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2393 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3346 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	384 1231

Compare specifications (specs)