NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs Intel HD Graphics 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM and Intel HD Graphics 5600 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Intel HD Graphics 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.9x more core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1201 MHz vs 1050 MHz
42.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 24

Launch date	26 November 2015 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 24

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 5600

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	Intel HD Graphics 5600
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659
PassMark - G3D Mark		2264
PassMark - G2D Mark		463
Geekbench - OpenCL		2872
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1598

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	Intel HD Graphics 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Generation 8.0
Code name	GM206	Broadwell GT2
Launch date	26 November 2015	5 September 2014
Place in performance rating	961	746
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	1176 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1024	24
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,300 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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