NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs Intel HD Graphics P4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and Intel HD Graphics P4600 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 870M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3450 vs 605
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12462 vs 3385
  • 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.836 vs 8.915
  • 6.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 960.114 vs 146.479
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.038 vs 1.178
  • 5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 59.57 vs 10.689
  • 12.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 81.753 vs 6.64
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3342
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3342
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 1 June 2013
Core clock speed 941 MHz vs 350 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3450 vs 605
Geekbench - OpenCL 12462 vs 3385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.836 vs 8.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 960.114 vs 146.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.038 vs 1.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.57 vs 10.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 81.753 vs 6.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3345

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P4600

  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 967 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 963 vs 276
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz vs 967 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 963 vs 276

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics P4600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3450
605
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
276
963
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12462
3385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.836
8.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
960.114
146.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.038
1.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.57
10.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
81.753
6.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3345
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M Intel HD Graphics P4600
PassMark - G3D Mark 3450 605
PassMark - G2D Mark 276 963
Geekbench - OpenCL 12462 3385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.836 8.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 960.114 146.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.038 1.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.57 10.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 81.753 6.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3345
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1336

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M Intel HD Graphics P4600

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Generation 7.5
Code name GK104 Haswell GT2
Launch date 12 March 2014 1 June 2013
Place in performance rating 725 685
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 967 MHz 1250 MHz
Core clock speed 941 MHz 350 MHz
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Pipelines 1344
Texture fill rate 108.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 84 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 392 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) IGP
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA