Intel HD Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
16x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 96 Watt
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2015 vs 21 February 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 96 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	193 vs 44

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

5.4x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 300 MHz
16x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 64 vs 6
13.3x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 464

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 6
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 464

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

193

Name	Intel HD Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	464	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	193	44
Geekbench - OpenCL	5315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Tesla
Code name	Broadwell GT1	G94
Launch date	5 January 2015	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1384	1587
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	15.6 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	6	64
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI