Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	1 October 2012 vs 1 June 2007
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 350 MHz
5.3x more pipelines: 32 vs 6

Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines	32 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Name	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	294
PassMark - G3D Mark		104
PassMark - G2D Mark		60
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		402
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		402

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
Essentials
Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Tesla
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	G84
Launch date	1 October 2012	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1653	1650
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	6	32
Floating-point performance		60.8 gflops
Texture fill rate		7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Transistor count		289 million
API support
DirectX	11.0	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized