Intel HD Graphics P4000 vs NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics P4000 and NVIDIA Quadro 500M 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 Quadro 500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 636 vs 365

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 22 February 2011
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	636 vs 365

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 500M

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 571 vs 516
8.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8743 vs 1071

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	571 vs 516
Geekbench - OpenCL	8743 vs 1071

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics P4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

516

571

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

636

365

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1071

8743

Name	Intel HD Graphics P4000	NVIDIA Quadro 500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	516	571
PassMark - G2D Mark	636	365
Geekbench - OpenCL	1071	8743
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 Quadro 500M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Fermi
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	GF108
Launch date	14 May 2012	22 February 2011
Place in performance rating	629	630
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$275.14
Value for money (0-100)		3.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	585 million
Floating-point performance		268.8 gflops
Pipelines		96
Texture fill rate		11.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.0	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3