NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M vs Intel HD Graphics 4000

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and Intel HD Graphics 4000. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GT215GPU NameIvy Bridge GT2
Tesla 2.0ArchitectureGeneration 7.0
TSMCFoundryIntel
40 nmProcess Size22 nm
727 millionTransistors1,200 million
144 mm²Die Size133 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 15th, 2009Release DateMay 14th, 2012
GeForce 200MFamilyHD Graphics
(Ivy Bridge)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfaceRing Bus

Memory

1024 MBMemory SizeSystem Shared
GDDR5Memory TypeSystem Shared
128 bitMemory BusSystem Shared
51.20 GB/sBandwidthSystem Dependent

Performance

4.000 GPixel/sPixel fillrate2.100 GPixel/s
16.00 GTexel/sTexture fillrate16.80 GTexel/s
240.0 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance268.8 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
3.2 Gbps effective
Memory ClockSystem Shared

Render Config

96Shading Units128
32TMUs16
8ROPs2

Board Design

28 WThermal design power (TDP)unknown
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

11.1 (10_1)DirectX11.1 (11_0)
3.3OpenGL4.0
1.1OpenCL1.2
N/AVulkan1.0
4.1Shader Model5.0