HD Graphics 4000 Mobile (Ivy Bridge GT2) vs GeForce 9600 GTX
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 4000 Mobile (Ivy Bridge GT2) |
| 95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9600 GTX . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GTX |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends GeForce 9600 GTX
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 4000 Mobile (Ivy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce 9600 GTX | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ivy Bridge GT2 () | vs | G92 () |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 65 nm |
| Die Size | 133 mm² | vs | 324 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 754 million |
| Shaders | 16 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 580 MHz |
| ROPs | 2 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 4000 Mobile (Ivy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce 9600 GTX | |
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| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 700 MHz
1400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 4000 Mobile (Ivy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce 9600 GTX | |
|---|
| TDP | 45 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 14 May 2012 | vs | 27 May 2009 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better