NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs Intel HD 4600

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6 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

3653 points

2528% significantly better overall score

139 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

82 FPS

78 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

4 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

49 FPS

47 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

60 FPS

58 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

37 FPS

36 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

1 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

5419 points

2678% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

195 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

55712 points

1711% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

3076 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

51028 points

1715% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

2810 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

59886 points

1769% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

3204 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

56143 points

2082% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

2573 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1530 MHz

282% significantly higher core clock speed

400 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1785 MHz

62% significantly higher boost clock speed

1100 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

120 W

45 W

166% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

85.68 Gigapixels/s

3794% significantly higher pixel rate

2.2 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

157.1 Gigatexels/s

614% significantly higher texture rate

22 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

1408

780% significantly more shading units

160

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

339% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

2299% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

134th of 596

486th of 596

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 March

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 1660 vs HD 4600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the GeForce GTX 1660 beats the HD 4600 in gaming performance.

In our comparison, the GeForce GTX 1660 has a significantly higher core clock speed. This is the frequency at which the graphics core is running at. While not necessarily an indicator of overall performance, this metric can be useful when comparing two GPUs based on the same architecture. In addition, the GeForce GTX 1660 also has a significantly 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 1660 at 120 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce GTX 1660 over the HD 4600.