Intel graphics has always lagged behind Nvidia and ATI in terms of performance and efficiency for the longest time,despite having a large budget. One of the rea

Intel graphics has always lagged behind Nvidia and ATI in terms of performance and efficiency for the longest time,despite having a large budget. One of the reasons that the Intel graphics has been able to make spectacular gains in performance and efficiency year over year recently is because of how bad their gpu was. You'll never see those kinds of gains from highly optimized chips.