Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 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 Quadro FX 3800

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 55 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 108 Watt
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 315 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 30 March 2009
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	315 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
7.7x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
9.6x more pipelines: 192 vs 20
9.2x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 50 gflops
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 824 vs 628
4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13337 vs 3220
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3258 vs 2808
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3258 vs 2808

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 20
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 50 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	824 vs 628
Geekbench - OpenCL	13337 vs 3220
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258 vs 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258 vs 2808

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

628

824

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

315

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3220

13337

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2808

3258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2808

3258

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark	628	824
PassMark - G2D Mark	315	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	3220	13337
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	3258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808	3258
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	194

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Haswell GT2	GT200B
Launch date	3 June 2013	30 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1358	1361
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.89
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	20	192
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	108 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
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
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
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