Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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 5 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 967 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 463 vs 276
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 12 March 2014
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 967 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 vs 276

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 56x more pipelines: 1344 vs 24
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3450 vs 2264
  • 5.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12598 vs 2366
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3330
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3330
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 1598
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 1598
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 941 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1344 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3450 vs 2264
Geekbench - OpenCL 12598 vs 2366
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 1598

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
3450
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
463
276
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2366
12598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
3718
Name Intel HD Graphics 5600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 3450
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 276
Geekbench - OpenCL 2366 12598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598 3718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 81.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1336

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Kepler
Code name Broadwell GT2 GK104
Launch date 5 September 2014 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 741 743
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 967 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 941 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 1344
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops
Texture fill rate 108.3 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 192 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB / s
Memory type GDDR5
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA