Intel HD Graphics 615 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 615 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 615

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 615

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 4 month(s) later
5.6x more texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
28.4x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 142 Watt
64x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 256 MB
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 708 vs 101
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 186 vs 78

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2016 vs 1 April 2004
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt vs 142 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	708 vs 101
PassMark - G2D Mark	186 vs 78

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	375 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 615
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

101

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

186

Name	Intel HD Graphics 615	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark	708	101
PassMark - G2D Mark	186	78
Geekbench - OpenCL	3041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	215.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	11.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	18.292
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2409
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 615	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Curie
Code name	Kaby Lake GT2	NV40 A1
Launch date	30 August 2016	1 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1483	1482
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	403.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	4.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt	142 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		2x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		32.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
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