Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 210 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 20 vs 16
  • Around 27% better floating-point performance: 50 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 630 vs 126
  • 10.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 30
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3210 vs 2438
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1702 vs 497
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2808 vs 688
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1702 vs 497
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2808 vs 688
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 June 2013 vs 12 October 2009
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 20 vs 16
Floating-point performance 50 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 630 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 314 vs 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 3210 vs 2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1702 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2808 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1702 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2808 vs 688

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

  • 3.5x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 45 Watt
Core clock speed 1402 MHz vs 400 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30.5 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
630
126
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
314
30
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3210
2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1702
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2808
688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1702
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2808
688
Name Intel HD Graphics 4600 NVIDIA GeForce 210
PassMark - G3D Mark 630 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 314 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 3210 2438
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 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2808 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1702 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2808 688
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 194

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 4600 NVIDIA GeForce 210

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.5 Tesla 2.0
Code name Haswell GT2 GT218
Launch date 3 June 2013 12 October 2009
Place in performance rating 1359 1674
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $29.49
Price now $32.99
Value for money (0-100) 6.81

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1250 MHz
Core clock speed 400 MHz 1402 MHz
Floating-point performance 50 gflops 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 20 16
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 30.5 Watt
Transistor count 392 million 260 million
CUDA cores 16
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.731" (6.9 cm)
Length 6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.3 3.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR2

Technologies

Quick Sync
CUDA