Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 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).

Intel HD Graphics 5600

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
16.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 244 Watt

Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 6 June 2011
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 244 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

2.6x more core clock speed: 772 MHz vs 300 MHz
21.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 24

Core clock speed	772 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5600	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2264
PassMark - G2D Mark	463
Geekbench - OpenCL	2872
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)		42.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		914.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		43.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		99.735

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5600	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Broadwell GT2	GF110
Launch date	5 September 2014	6 June 2011
Place in performance rating	746	1122
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	772 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	24	512
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	244 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	3,000 million
Floating-point performance		1,581 gflops
Texture fill rate		49.41 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	384 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1536 MB
Memory bandwidth		192.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		4008 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
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