Intel HD Graphics P4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics P4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P4600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1019 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 963 vs 465
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3342 vs 1849
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 1673
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3342 vs 1849
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 1673
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2013 vs 3 May 2012
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 963 vs 465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3342 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3342 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 9.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 605
  • 4.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16270 vs 3385
  • 5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.352 vs 8.915
  • 6.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 930.114 vs 146.479
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.656 vs 1.178
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 29.836 vs 10.689
  • 14.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 97.861 vs 6.64
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 915 MHz vs 350 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5590 vs 605
Geekbench - OpenCL 16270 vs 3385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.352 vs 8.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 930.114 vs 146.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.656 vs 1.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.836 vs 10.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.861 vs 6.64

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics P4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
605
5590
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
963
465
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3385
16270
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.915
46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
146.479
930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.178
3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.689
29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.64
97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3345
1673
Name Intel HD Graphics P4600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
PassMark - G3D Mark 605 5590
PassMark - G2D Mark 963 465
Geekbench - OpenCL 3385 16270
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.915 46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 146.479 930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.178 3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.689 29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.64 97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3342 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3345 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3342 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3345 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6875
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics P4600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.5 Kepler
Code name Haswell GT2 GK104
Launch date 1 June 2013 3 May 2012
Place in performance rating 685 737
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $999
Value for money (0-100) 7.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1250 MHz 1019 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 392 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 3072
Floating-point performance 2x 3,130 gflops
Pipelines 2x 1536
Texture fill rate 234 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options Quad
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.3 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 384 GB / s
Memory bus width 512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA