NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs Intel HD Graphics 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and Intel HD Graphics 4600 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• Around 99% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 400 MHz
• 2.6x more texture fill rate: 12.75 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
• 9.6x more pipelines: 192 vs 20
• 6.1x better floating-point performance: 306.0 gflops vs 50 gflops
• 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 17.317 vs 12.361

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 208
• Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3210 vs 2224
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.844 vs 4.418
• Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 171.17 vs 142.734
• 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.115 vs 0.395
• Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.385 vs 8.158
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 988 vs 895
• 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1702 vs 280
• 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2808 vs 519
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 988 vs 895
• 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1702 vs 280
• 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2808 vs 519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	631 630
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	208 314
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2224 3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.418 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	142.734 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.395 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.158 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	17.317 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	895 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	280 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	519 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	895 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	280 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	519 2808

Compare specifications (specs)