Intel HD 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Compare Intel HD 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M, 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

139 points

14% slightly better overall score

121 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

4 FPS

0 FPS slightly higher Flux Core frame rate

3 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

2 FPS

Identical

2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

2 FPS

Identical

2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

1 FPS

Identical

1 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3076 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

2056 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3204 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

2610 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

400 MHz

719 MHz

79% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1100 MHz

45% significantly higher boost clock speed

758 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

45 W

33 W

36% slightly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.2 Gigapixels/s

3.03 Gigapixels/s

37% slightly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

22 Gigatexels/s

81% significantly higher texture rate

12.13 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

160

192

20% slightly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

25% slightly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

300% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

474th of 586

489th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.3

4.6

HD 4600 vs GeForce GT 720M specs and performance

For gaming, the HD 4600 graphics card is better than the GeForce GT 720M in our tests.

Our database shows that the GeForce GT 720M 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. Despite this, the HD 4600 has a significantly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the GeForce GT 720M has a slightly lower TDP at 33 W when compared to the HD 4600 at 45 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the HD 4600 over the GeForce GT 720M.