NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM vs Intel HD Graphics 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM and Intel HD Graphics 4600 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 5x more texture fill rate: 24.79 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
  • 19.2x more pipelines: 384 vs 20
  • 15.9x better floating-point performance: 793.3 gflops vs 50 gflops
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2135 vs 630
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 475 vs 314
  • Around 90% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6108 vs 3210
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.117 vs 8.844
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 335.835 vs 171.17
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.651 vs 1.115
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.096 vs 10.385
  • 7.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 97.126 vs 12.361
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2918 vs 988
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1813 vs 1702
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3309 vs 2808
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2918 vs 988
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1813 vs 1702
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3309 vs 2808
  • 3.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 655 vs 194
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 February 2014 vs 3 June 2013
Core clock speed 1033 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.79 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 20
Floating-point performance 793.3 gflops vs 50 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2135 vs 630
PassMark - G2D Mark 475 vs 314
Geekbench - OpenCL 6108 vs 3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.117 vs 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 335.835 vs 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.651 vs 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.096 vs 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.126 vs 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2918 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1813 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 vs 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2918 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1813 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 vs 2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 655 vs 194

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 55 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 55 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2135
630
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
475
314
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6108
3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.117
8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
335.835
171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.651
1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.096
10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
97.126
12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2918
988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1813
1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2918
988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1813
1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
655
194
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM Intel HD Graphics 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark 2135 630
PassMark - G2D Mark 475 314
Geekbench - OpenCL 6108 3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.117 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 335.835 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.651 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.096 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.126 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2918 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1813 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2918 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1813 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 655 194

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM Intel HD Graphics 4600

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Generation 7.5
Code name GM107 Haswell GT2
Launch date 18 February 2014 3 June 2013
Place in performance rating 979 1359
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1033 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 793.3 gflops 50 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Pipelines 384 20
Texture fill rate 24.79 GTexel / s 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 392 million
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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