Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX 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), 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 5500

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.2x more boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 440 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 594 vs 210
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 575
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 575

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 29 September 2005
Boost clock speed	950 MHz vs 440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	594 vs 210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 575

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

4.4x more core clock speed: 440 MHz vs 100 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 239 vs 230

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	440 MHz vs 100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	239 vs 230

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

594

210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

239

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

575

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5500	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	594	210
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	239
Geekbench - OpenCL	2262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	195.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397	575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397	575
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	233

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5500	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Curie
Code name	Broadwell GT2	G70
Launch date	5 September 2014	29 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1478	1228
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	440 MHz
Core clock speed	100 MHz	440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	24	24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	302 million
Texture fill rate		10.56 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	550 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		35.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1100 MHz
Memory type		256
Technologies
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