Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5500 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 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 Quadro FX 4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
7.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 109 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 591 vs 227
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 233 vs 120
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 855
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 855

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 28 July 2005
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 109 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	591 vs 227
PassMark - G2D Mark	233 vs 120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 855

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

4.3x more core clock speed: 430 MHz vs 100 MHz

Core clock speed	430 MHz vs 100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

227

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

233

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

855

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

855

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
PassMark - G3D Mark	591	227
PassMark - G2D Mark	233	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	2266
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	855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397	855
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	233

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Curie
Code name	Broadwell GT2	G70
Launch date	5 September 2014	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	1486	1483
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,499
Price now		$249
Value for money (0-100)		1.08
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	100 MHz	430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	109 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	302 million
Texture fill rate		10.32 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		33.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1050 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
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