Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1033 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 9.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 140 Watt
| Launch date | 5 September 2014 vs 6 September 2012 |
| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz vs 1033 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 140 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- 3.3x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 40x more pipelines: 960 vs 24
- Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3998 vs 2264
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 478 vs 463
- 3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11263 vs 2872
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 3330
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 3330
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 1598
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 1598
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| Core clock speed | 980 MHz vs 300 MHz |
| Pipelines | 960 vs 24 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3998 vs 2264 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 478 vs 463 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 11263 vs 2872 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3365 vs 3330 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3365 vs 3330 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3690 vs 1598 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3690 vs 1598 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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| Name | Intel HD Graphics 5600 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2264 | 3998 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 463 | 478 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2872 | 11263 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3330 | 3365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3330 | 3365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1598 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1598 | 3690 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 30.505 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 705.293 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.085 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.416 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 62.69 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3581 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3581 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1307 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Intel HD Graphics 5600 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Generation 8.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Broadwell GT2 | GK106 |
| Launch date | 5 September 2014 | 6 September 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 746 | 772 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | |
| Price now | $349.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 14.35 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | 1033 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 24 | 960 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,300 million | 2,540 million |
| CUDA cores | 960 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,981 gflops | |
| Texture fill rate | 78.4 billion / sec | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x1 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | |
| Supplementary power connectors | One 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.3 |
Memory |
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| Memory bus width | 64 / 128 Bit | 192-bit GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 1 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 144.2 GB / s | |
| Memory clock speed | 6.0 GB/s | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision | ||
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