Intel HD Graphics 6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 6000 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 6000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
  • 3.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 59 Watt
  • 21.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 864 vs 41
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 276 vs 170
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 23 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 864 vs 41
PassMark - G2D Mark 276 vs 170

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
864
41
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
276
170
Name Intel HD Graphics 6000 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark 864 41
PassMark - G2D Mark 276 170
Geekbench - OpenCL 3554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1363
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3259

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 6000 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Rankine
Code name Broadwell GT3 NV35
Launch date 5 September 2014 23 October 2003
Place in performance rating 1119 1002
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 130 nm
Pipelines 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 59 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 135 million
Texture fill rate 1.8 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 AGP 8x
Length 218 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 9.0a
OpenGL 4.6 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 27.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed 850 MHz
Memory type DDR

Technologies

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