Performance comparison between ThinkPad P50 with NVidia M1000M and Intel HD 530, ThinkPad T540p with NVidia GT 730M, ThinkPad W701 with NVidia Quadro 2800M, ThinkPad X230 with Intel HD4000 and ThinkPad T520 with NVidia NVS 4200M

I added a new set of benchmarks to my tests. I benched the NVidia GT 730 M GPU in my wifes T540p lately.

The other machines (P50, W701, X230 and T520) are current and elder machines of mine.

First of all here are the technical details of all machines:

ThinkPad P50

• Intel Core i7–6700HQ CPU 2,6 – 3,5 GHz, 6 MB Cache, 4 cores / 8 threads
• 16 GB (2x8GB) of Micron DDR4-2133 RAM in a dual channel configuration.
• Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
• NVidia Quadro M1000M driver version: 362.00
• Intel HD 530 driver version:10.18.15.4285

ThinkPad T540p

• Intel Core i7-4710MQ 2,5 – 3,5 GHz, 6 MB Cache, 4 cores / 8 threads
• 16 GB (2x8GB) RAM in a dual channel configuration.
• Windows 8.1 Professional 64 Bit
• NVidia driver version: 9.18.13.4535

ThinkPad W701

• Intel Core i7–720QM CPU 1,6 – 2,8 GHz, 6 MB Cache, 4 cores / 8 threads
• 12 GB (2x2GB + 2x4GB) of Crucial PC3-10700 RAM in a dual channel configuration.
• Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
• NVidia Quadro 2800M driver version: 9.18.13.4181 (NVidia version 341.81)

ThinkPad X230

• Intel Core i5-3320M CPU 2,6 – 3,3 GHz, 3MB cache, 2 cores / 4 threads
• 8 GB (4 + 4) of Crucial PC3-12800 RAM in a dual channel configuration.
• Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
• Intel HD 4000 driver version: 10.18.10.4276

ThinkPad T520

• Intel Core i5-2410M CPU with 2,3 – 2,9 GHz, 3MB cache, 2 cores / 4 threads
• 10 GB (8 + 2) of  PC3-10700 RAM in a dual channel configuration.
• Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
• Intel HD 3000 driver version: 9.17.10.4229
• NVidia NVS 4200M driver: 10.18.13.5362 (NVidia Version: 353.62)

And here are the results:

 

Test	X230 HD 4000	T520 NVS 4200M	T520 HD 3000	W701 FX 2800M	P50 M1000M	P50 HD 530	T540p GT 730M
Geekbench 3.3.2 Single Core	2707	2131	2131	1642	3579	3579	3272
Geekbench 3.3.2 Multi Core	5757	4603	4603	4404	12720	12720	12283
Cinebench R15 OpenGL	19,14 fps	10,78 fps	–	31,8 fps	92,7 fps	54,1 fps	54,69 fps
Cinebench R15 CPU	272 cb	225 cb	225 cb	231 cb	676 cb	676 cb	646 cb
Cinebench R15 CPU Single Core	108 cb	77 cb	77 cb	66 cb	145 cb	145 cb	138 cb
Unigine Heaven 4 (1366×768,high)	12,3 fps	8,6 fps	7,1 fps	22,8 fps	66,9 fps	18,9 fps	21,1 fps
Unigine Heaven 4 (1920×180,high)	6,2 fps	4,3 fps	3,7 fps	12,6 fps	37,9 fps	10,2 fps	10,3 fps
Unigine Valley 1.0 (1366×768,high)	10,3 fps	9,9 fps	5,6 fps	17,6 fps	61 fps	21,7 fps	21,8 fps
Unigine Valley 1.0 (1920×180,high)	6,4 fps	5,6 fps	3,3 fps	11,6 fps	37 fps	12,4 fps	12,3 fps
Resident Evil 5 Test 1 (1368×768), AA off, DX10	40,2 fps	38 fps	23,9 fps	79,8	181,7 fps	70,6 fps	74, fps
Resident Evil 5 Test 1 (1920×1080), AA off, DX10	24,1 fps	22,5 fps	14,4 fps	57,1 fps	139,8 fps	42,5 fps	46,5 fps
Resident Evil 5 Test 2 (1368×768), AA off, DX10	34,9 fps	32,2 fps	17,2 fps	54,1 fps	129,1 fps	56,0 fps	60 fps
Resident Evil 5 Test 2 (1920×1080), AA off, DX10	19 fps	19,9 fps	12,9 fps	47,2 fps	107,4 fps	37,7 fps	38,3 fps
Final Fantasy XIV – 1368×768, DX11, Notebook(high)	1857	1380	–	–	9204	2364	2792
Final Fantasy XIV – 1920×1080, DX11, Notebook(high)	816	740	–	—	5335	1320	1578
Final Fantasy XIV – 1368×768, DX9, Notebook(high)	1910	2035	1199	4934	11737	3478	3504
Final Fantasy XIV – 1920×1080, DX9, Notebook(high)	1112	1216	687	3144	7515	2158	2204
3DMark 11	715	688	–	–	4658	1778	1945
3DMark – Fire Strike 1.1	552	403	–	–	3387	982	1121
3DMark – Sky Diver 1.0	2013	1460	–	–	10890	4219	4353
3DMark – Cloud Gate 1.1	4426	2910	–	–	15803	8343	7341
3DMark – Ice Storm 1.2	49678	27459	–	–	85452	59600	53526
Half Life 2 – Lost Coast (1368×768, DX9)	193,2 fps	138,4 fps	75 fps	218,6 fps	275,7 fps	160,4 fps	254 fps
Half Life 2 – Lost Coast (1920×1080, DX9)	83,3 fps	83,8 fps	41,5 fps	197,5 fps	271,4 fps	103,6 fps	189,2 fps
Tomb Raider(1366×768)	37,3 fps	33,3 fps	22,8 fps	85,8 fps	220,8 fps	64,4 fps	71,2 fps
Tomb Raider(1920×1080)	20,9 fps	18,0 fps	11,2 fps	48,8 fps	120,2 fps	33,6 fps	39,3 fps
Stalker DX10, 1368×768, high preset – day	27,0 fps	27,0 fps	16	70	141 fps	43 fps	57 fps
Stalker DX10, 1368×768, high preset – night	28,0 fps	23,0 fps	15	66	140 fps	42 fps	57 fps
Stalker DX10, 1368×768, high preset – rain	30,0 fps	25,0 fps	17	73	155 fps	45 fps	61 fps
Stalker DX10, 1368×768, high preset – sun shafts	14,0 fps	14 0 fps	7	33	79 fps	19 fps	25 fps
Stalker DX10, 1920×1080, high preset – day	17 fps	16 fps	10	46	97 fps	27 fps	36 fps
Stalker DX10, 1920×1080, high preset – night	16 fps	13 fps	8	41	87 fps	25 fps	33 fps
Stalker DX10, 1920×1080, high preset – rain	17 fps	14 fps	9	43	94 fps	26 fps	35 fps
Stalker DX10, 1920×1080, high preset – sun shafts	8 fps	7 fps	3	19	45 fps	12 fps	14 fps
Stalker DX11, 1368×768, high preset – day	26,0 fps	27,0 fps	–	–	150 fps	45 fps	53 fps
Stalker DX11, 1368×768, high preset – night	27,0 fps	26,0 fps	–	–	152 fps	43 fps	51 fps
Stalker DX11, 1368×768, high preset – rain	31,0 fps	28,0 fps	–	–	173 fps	45 fps	55 fps
Stalker DX11, 1368×768, high preset – sun shafts	13,0 fps	12, 0 fps	–	–	82 fps	19 fps	24 fps
Stalker DX11, 1920×1080, high preset – day	15 fps	16 fps	–	–	107 fps	28 fps	33 fps
Stalker DX11, 1920×1080, high preset – night	15 fps	14 fps	–	–	100 fps	25 fps	30 fps
Stalker DX11, 1920×1080, high preset – rain	16 fps	15 fps	–	–	110 fps	26 fps	32 fps
Stalker DX11, 1920×1080, high preset – sun shafts	7 fps	7 fps	–	–	48 fps	12 fps	14 fps
Street Fighter 4, 4xAA – 1368×768	5089	5872	4322	8339	16160	6568	7618
Street Fighter 4, 4xAA, 1920×1080	3932	4541	3579	6309	11110	4958	5791

 

Here are the settings for the different benchmarks:

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