Intel
$15
 $15 

Release date: Q2 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 670,471 user samples
230,189 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Worst Bench: 3% Dell(1028 05A4) 1GB
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
SPEED RANK: 496th / 715
440,282 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 36% EVGA(3842 2966)
Worst Bench: 30% HP(103C 2B4D) 2GB
Poor: 30% Great: 36%
SPEED RANK: 165th / 715
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
3.06 % 32.9 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+976%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
3.43 fps 42.1 fps Insanely better lighting effects.
+1,127%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
5.59 fps 45.5 fps Hugely better reflection handling.
+714%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
6.33 fps 36.3 fps Hugely faster multi rendering.
+473%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
2.24 fps 40.2 fps Insanely faster NBody calculation.
+1,695%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
3.9 fps 46.4 fps Insanely better peak lighting effects.
+1,090%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
27.3 fps 56.8 fps Hugely better peak reflection handling.
+108%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
8.2 fps 38.2 fps Hugely faster peak multi rendering.
+366%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
2.5 fps 43.3 fps Insanely faster peak NBody calculation.
+1,632%
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
20 Fps 138 Fps Hugely Better CSGO Fps.
+578%
Fortnite
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
21 Fps 73 Fps Hugely Better Fortnite Fps.
+248%
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
22 Fps 42 Fps Hugely Better GTAV Fps.
+93%
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
46 Fps 123 Fps Hugely Better LoL Fps.
+165%
Minecraft
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
50 Fps 181 Fps Hugely Better Minecraft Fps.
+263%
Market Share
Based on 67,780,099 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.38 % 0.86 % Hugely higher market share.
+126%
Value
Value For Money
48.4 % Better value.
+23%
39.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
55 % 62 % More popular.
+13%
Price
Price (score)
$15 Hugely cheaper.
+92%
$198
Age
Newest
132 Months 113 Months More recent.
+14%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
6.9 fps 43.7 fps Hugely better peak texture detail.
+533%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
5.2 fps 37.9 fps Hugely faster peak complex splatting.
+629%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
5.89 fps 39.8 fps Hugely better texture detail.
+576%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
4.59 fps 35.1 fps Hugely faster complex splatting.
+665%
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