Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2264 vs 1228
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 463 vs 322
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 26 August 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 vs 1228
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 vs 322

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 837 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • 6.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19809 vs 2872
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 837 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 19809 vs 2872

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
1228
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
463
322
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2872
19809
Name Intel HD Graphics 5600 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 1228
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 322
Geekbench - OpenCL 2872 19809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 25.74

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5600 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Kepler
Code name Broadwell GT2 GK107
Launch date 5 September 2014 26 August 2013
Place in performance rating 744 1176
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 837 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,270 million
Floating-point performance 642.8 gflops
Texture fill rate 26.78 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3

Technologies

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