HD Graphics 4000 vs GeForce GTX 580M SLI

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 580M SLI with HD Graphics 4000, including specs and performance data.

GTX 580M SLI
2011
100 Watt
10.48
+788%

GTX 580M SLI outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by a whopping 788% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking4321061
Place by popularitynot in top-10042
Power efficiency7.261.82
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)
GPU code nameN12E-GTX2Ivy Bridge GT2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years ago)14 May 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768128
Core clock speed620 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattunknown
Texture fill rateno data16.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.256 TFLOPS
ROPsno data2
TMUsno data16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataRing Bus
Widthno dataIGP

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1500 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1111.1 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.0
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 580M SLI 10.48
+788%
HD Graphics 4000 1.18

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 580M SLI 6106
+1067%
HD Graphics 4000 523

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 580M SLI 25022
+746%
HD Graphics 4000 2959

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p76
+533%
12
−533%
Full HD89
+709%
11
−709%
1200p81
+800%
9−10
−800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+380%
5−6
−380%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+6600%
1−2
−6600%
Hitman 3 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+293%
14−16
−293%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+96.9%
30−35
−96.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+380%
5−6
−380%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+6600%
1−2
−6600%
Hitman 3 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+293%
14−16
−293%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+108%
13
−108%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+96.9%
30−35
−96.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+380%
5−6
−380%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+6600%
1−2
−6600%
Hitman 3 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+293%
14−16
−293%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+96.9%
30−35
−96.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+800%
5−6
−800%
Hitman 3 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+425%
4−5
−425%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+1160%
5−6
−1160%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+975%
4−5
−975%
Metro Exodus 8−9 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

This is how GTX 580M SLI and HD Graphics 4000 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 580M SLI is 533% faster in 900p
  • GTX 580M SLI is 709% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 580M SLI is 800% faster in 1200p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 580M SLI is 6600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 580M SLI surpassed HD Graphics 4000 in all 47 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.48 1.18
Recency 6 January 2011 14 May 2012
Chip lithography 40 nm 22 nm

GTX 580M SLI has a 788.1% higher aggregate performance score.

HD Graphics 4000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 81.8% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 580M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 580M SLI is a notebook card while HD Graphics 4000 is a desktop one.


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