Intel HD Graphics P4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics P4000 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics P4000

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.5x more boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 90 nm
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 516 vs 270
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 636 vs 264

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	516 vs 270
PassMark - G2D Mark	636 vs 264

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics P4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

516

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

636

264

Name	Intel HD Graphics P4000	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	516	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	636	264
Geekbench - OpenCL	1071
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2461

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics P4000	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Curie
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	G71
Launch date	14 May 2012	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	616	631
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz	500 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	278 million
Pipelines		24
Texture fill rate		12 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		600 Bit
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		256
Shared memory		0