Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX 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 9800M GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 65 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 629 vs 454
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 315 vs 89

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 15 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	629 vs 454
PassMark - G2D Mark	315 vs 89

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 112 vs 20
5.6x better floating-point performance: 280 gflops vs 50 gflops

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 20
Floating-point performance	280 gflops vs 50 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

629

454

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

315

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	629	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	315	89
Geekbench - OpenCL	3232
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 9800M GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Tesla
Code name	Haswell GT2	G92
Launch date	3 June 2013	15 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1354	1348
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$328.50
Price now		$328.50
Value for money (0-100)		2.78
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops	280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	20	112
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	754 million
CUDA cores per GPU		112
Gigaflops		420
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.3	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
Quick Sync
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD
SLI