Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 405M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 405M 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

NVIDIA GeForce 405M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 20 vs 16
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 50 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 5 January 2011
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines	20 vs 16
Floating-point performance	50 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405M

3x more core clock speed: 1212 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 45 Watt

Core clock speed	1212 MHz vs 400 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 405M

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 405M
PassMark - G3D Mark	630
PassMark - G2D Mark	314
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	194

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 405M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Haswell GT2	GT218
Launch date	3 June 2013	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1359	not rated
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1212 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops	38.78 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	20	16
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Gigaflops		73
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVI
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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12 API
OpenGL	4.3	4.5
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory type		GDDR3, DDR3
Technologies
Quick Sync
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0