Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1019 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 1673
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 1673
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 3 May 2012
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 vs 462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 128x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 24
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5516 vs 2264
  • 6.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16608 vs 2427
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1849 vs 1598
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1849 vs 1598
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 915 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5516 vs 2264
Geekbench - OpenCL 16608 vs 2427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1849 vs 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1849 vs 1598

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
5516
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
463
462
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2427
16608
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
1849
Name Intel HD Graphics 5600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 5516
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 462
Geekbench - OpenCL 2427 16608
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598 1849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6875
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Kepler
Code name Broadwell GT2 GK104
Launch date 5 September 2014 3 May 2012
Place in performance rating 743 746
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $999
Value for money (0-100) 7.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 1019 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 2x 1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 3072
Floating-point performance 2x 3,130 gflops
Texture fill rate 234 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
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 11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options Quad
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.2

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 384 GB / s
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA