Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 4600

AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 630 vs 224
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 145
5.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3210 vs 635
Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 171.17 vs 99.563
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 988 vs 443
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1702 vs 919
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2808 vs 1626
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 988 vs 443
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1702 vs 919
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2808 vs 1626

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	630 vs 224
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 145
Geekbench - OpenCL	3210 vs 635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	171.17 vs 99.563
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	988 vs 443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1702 vs 919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2808 vs 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	988 vs 443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702 vs 919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808 vs 1626

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Around 56% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 400 MHz
8x more pipelines: 160 vs 20
4x better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 50 gflops
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 45 Watt

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 20
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 50 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

630

224

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

145

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3210

635

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

171.17

99.563

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

443

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1702

919

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2808

1626

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

443

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1702

919

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2808

1626

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	630	224
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	145
Geekbench - OpenCL	3210	635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	171.17	99.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	988	443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1702	919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2808	1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	988	443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702	919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808	1626
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	194

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4600	AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	TeraScale 2
Code name	Haswell GT2	Caicos
Launch date	3 June 2013	5 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1359	1523
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	20	160
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		8.528 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1066 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
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