NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 vs Intel HD Graphics 4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and Intel HD Graphics 4000 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 650 MHz
19.7x more texture fill rate: 82.56 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
60x more pipelines: 960 vs 16
59x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.216 vs 8.712
Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.173 vs 0.931

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 September 2014 vs 14 May 2012
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 16
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.216 vs 8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.173 vs 0.931

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1032 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 140 Watt

Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1032 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4000

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

39.216

8.712

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.173

0.931

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	Intel HD Graphics 4000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.216	8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.173	0.931
PassMark - G3D Mark		347
PassMark - G2D Mark		194
Geekbench - OpenCL		538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2392
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	Intel HD Graphics 4000
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Generation 7.0
Code name	GK104	Ivy Bridge GT2
Launch date	13 September 2014	14 May 2012
Place in performance rating	1510	1501
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1032 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	33.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	960	16
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.1 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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