NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M vs Intel HD Graphics 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 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 850M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
• 7.2x more texture fill rate: 36.08 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
• 32x more pipelines: 640 vs 20
• 23.1x better floating-point performance: 1,155 gflops vs 50 gflops
• 4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2521 vs 630
• 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9809 vs 3210
• 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.761 vs 8.844
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 388.248 vs 171.17
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.428 vs 1.115
• 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.889 vs 10.385
• 12.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.016 vs 12.361
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 988
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 1702
• Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2808
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 988
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 1702
• Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2808
• 5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 979 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 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 225

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2521 630
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	225 314
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9809 3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	37.761 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	388.248 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.428 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	38.889 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	151.016 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3817 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3685 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3353 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3817 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3685 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3353 2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	979 194

Compare specifications (specs)