HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 680
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ivy Bridge GT2 () | vs | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 16 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 195 watts |
| Release Date | 14 May 2012 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better