Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 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 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
• 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

• Around 95% higher core clock speed: 778 MHz vs 400 MHz
• 8.7x more texture fill rate: 43.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
• 16.8x more pipelines: 336 vs 20
• 20.9x better floating-point performance: 1,045.6 gflops vs 50 gflops
• 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1866 vs 630
• Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 314
• 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7872 vs 3210
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.161 vs 8.844
• 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 781.734 vs 171.17
• Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.125 vs 1.115
• 4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 47.218 vs 10.385
• 6.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 75.212 vs 12.361
• 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3537 vs 988
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3398 vs 1702
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3117 vs 2808
• 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3537 vs 988
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3398 vs 1702
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3117 vs 2808

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	630 1866
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	314 422
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	3210 7872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.844 22.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	171.17 781.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.115 2.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.385 47.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.361 75.212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1702 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2808 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1702 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2808 3117

Compare specifications (specs)