Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 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 FX 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 130 nm
37.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 630 vs 17
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	630 vs 17
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

630

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

122

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	630	17
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	122
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 FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Rankine
Code name	Haswell GT2	NV31 A1
Launch date	3 June 2013	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1359	1293
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	20
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length		191 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		11.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Technologies
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