NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs Intel HD Graphics 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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 970

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 2.6x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 400 MHz
• 21.8x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
• 83.2x more pipelines: 1664 vs 20
• 78.4x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 50 gflops
• 15.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 630
• 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 314
• 8.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28498 vs 3210
• 11.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.107 vs 8.844
• 7.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1225.96 vs 171.17
• 7.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.737 vs 1.115
• 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.714 vs 10.385
• 39.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 490.688 vs 12.361
• 11.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 988
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 1702
• Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 2808
• 11.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 988
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 1702
• Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 2808
• Around 90% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 369 vs 194

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
• 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 148 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	9640 630
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	766 314
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	28498 3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	105.107 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1225.96 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.737 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.714 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	490.688 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11499 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3698 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11499 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3698 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	369 194

Compare specifications (specs)