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.

 

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
  • 5.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 315 vs 58
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 58

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 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 799 vs 629
  • 4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13337 vs 3232
  • 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 799 vs 629
Geekbench - OpenCL 13337 vs 3232
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
629
799
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
315
58
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3232
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 629 799
PassMark - G2D Mark 315 58
Geekbench - OpenCL 3232 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 1354 1355
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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