NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Intel HD Graphics 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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 980 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 35.2x more texture fill rate: 176 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
  • 140.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 20
  • 121.2x better floating-point performance: 6,060 gflops vs 50 gflops
  • 22x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13812 vs 629
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 855 vs 315
  • 11.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 37788 vs 3229
  • 16.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 145.843 vs 8.844
  • 10.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1722.98 vs 171.17
  • 10.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.661 vs 1.115
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.16 vs 10.385
  • 63.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 788.464 vs 12.361
  • 10.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10471 vs 988
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 1702
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3338 vs 2808
  • 10.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10471 vs 988
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 1702
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3338 vs 2808
  • 29.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5757 vs 194
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 June 2015 vs 3 June 2013
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 176 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2816 vs 20
Floating-point performance 6,060 gflops vs 50 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13812 vs 629
PassMark - G2D Mark 855 vs 315
Geekbench - OpenCL 37788 vs 3229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 145.843 vs 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.98 vs 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.661 vs 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.16 vs 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 788.464 vs 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10471 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3338 vs 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10471 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3338 vs 2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5757 vs 194

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1075 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 250 Watt
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13812
629
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
855
315
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
37788
3229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.843
8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1722.98
171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.661
1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.16
10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
788.464
12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10471
988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3338
2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10471
988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3338
2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5757
194
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Intel HD Graphics 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark 13812 629
PassMark - G2D Mark 855 315
Geekbench - OpenCL 37788 3229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 145.843 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.98 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.661 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.16 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 788.464 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10471 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3338 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10471 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3338 2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5757 194

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Intel HD Graphics 4600

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Generation 7.5
Code name GM200 Haswell GT2
Launch date 2 June 2015 3 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating 297 1354
Price now $679.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 23.43

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1075 MHz 1250 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 400 MHz
CUDA cores 2816
Floating-point performance 6,060 gflops 50 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Pipelines 2816 20
Texture fill rate 176 billion / sec 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 8,000 million 392 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
SLI options 4x
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin + 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0 1

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround
Quick Sync