NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 vs Intel HD 4600

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB vs Intel HD 4600, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

1159 points

733% significantly better overall score

139 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

26 FPS

22 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

4 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

18 FPS

15 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

18 FPS

16 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

14 FPS

14 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

1 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

2076 points

964% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

195 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

18573 points

503% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

3076 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

17953 points

538% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

2810 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

17967 points

460% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

3204 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

17163 points

567% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

2573 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1354 MHz

238% significantly higher core clock speed

400 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1455 MHz

32% slightly higher boost clock speed

1100 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

75 W

45 W

66% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

46.56 Gigapixels/s

2016% significantly higher pixel rate

2.2 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

58.2 Gigatexels/s

164% significantly higher texture rate

22 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

640

300% significantly more shading units

160

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

100% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

1500% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

253rd of 586

474th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.5

4.3

GeForce GTX 1050 vs HD 4600 comparison

For gaming, the GeForce GTX 1050 graphics card is better than the HD 4600 in our tests.

Our database shows that the GeForce GTX 1050 has a significantly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the GeForce GTX 1050 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed: the maximum frequency the chip can reach if power delivery and thermals allow.

In addition, the HD 4600 has a significantly lower TDP at 45 W when compared to the GeForce GTX 1050 at 75 W. This is not a measure of performance, but rather the amount of heat generated by the chip when running at its highest speed.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce GTX 1050 over the HD 4600.