Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs Intel HD Graphics 2000

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and Intel HD Graphics 2000 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

Intel HD Graphics 2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1150 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 20 vs 6
4.9x better floating-point performance: 50 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 32 nm
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 630 vs 213
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2808 vs 1039
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2808 vs 1039

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 5 January 2011
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Pipelines	20 vs 6
Floating-point performance	50 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	630 vs 213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2808 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808 vs 1039

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

2.1x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 400 MHz
170x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 314

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	850 MTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	456 vs 314

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

630

213

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

456

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2808

1039

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2808

1039

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel HD Graphics 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark	630	213
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	456
Geekbench - OpenCL	3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	171.17
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2808	1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808	1039
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	194

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel HD Graphics 2000
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Generation 6.0
Code name	Haswell GT2	Sandy Bridge GT1
Launch date	3 June 2013	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1359	718
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops	10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	20	6
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	850 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.3	3.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory	1	1
Technologies
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