Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 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 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 16 August 2012
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 56x more pipelines: 1344 vs 24
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4422 vs 2264
  • 6.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15315 vs 2427
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 1598
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 1598
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 915 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1344 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4422 vs 2264
PassMark - G2D Mark 465 vs 463
Geekbench - OpenCL 15315 vs 2427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 1598

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
4422
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
463
465
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2427
15315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
3684
Name Intel HD Graphics 5600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 4422
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 465
Geekbench - OpenCL 2427 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598 3684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3285
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1616

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Kepler
Code name Broadwell GT2 GK104
Launch date 5 September 2014 16 August 2012
Place in performance rating 743 745
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Price now $321.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 980 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 1344
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.3

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 192-bit GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA