NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs Intel HD Graphics 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 GTX 960

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• 2.8x more core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 400 MHz
• 14.4x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
• 51.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 20
• 48.3x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 50 gflops
• 9.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 630
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 314
• 5.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 3210
• 8.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 8.844
• 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 792.44 vs 171.17
• 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 1.115
• 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.338 vs 10.385
• 16.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 200.825 vs 12.361
• 7.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 988
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 1702
• Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 2808
• 7.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 988
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 1702
• Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 2808

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

• Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1178 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 120 Watt
• Around 20% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 194 vs 162

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	6111 630
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	673 314
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	18734 3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	73.733 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	792.44 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.888 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.338 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	200.825 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	162 194

Compare specifications (specs)