NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs Intel HD Graphics 4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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: 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 GTX 660

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
• Around 51% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 650 MHz
• 18.7x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
• 60x more pipelines: 960 vs 16
• 59x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
• 11.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 347
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 194
• 21.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 538
• 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 8.712
• 4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 155.638
• 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 0.931
• 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.416 vs 7.36
• 5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 62.69 vs 12.009
• 4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 754
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 1492
• Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 2392
• 4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 754
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 1492
• Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 2392

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

• Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1033 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

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4017 347
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	487 194
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11364 538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.505 8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	705.293 155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.085 0.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.416 7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	62.69 12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3581 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3365 2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3581 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3365 2392

Compare specifications (specs)