Intel HD 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Compare Intel HD 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 2 GB, 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

1233 points

787% significantly better overall score

Flux Core frame rate

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

4 FPS

28 FPS

24 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

2 FPS

17 FPS

14 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

2 FPS

19 FPS

17 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

1 FPS

14 FPS

13 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3076 points

15421 points

401% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

2810 points

15021 points

434% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3204 points

17576 points

448% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

2573 points

16675 points

548% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

400 MHz

915 MHz

128% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1100 MHz

7% slightly higher boost clock speed

1019 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

45 W

566% significantly lower TDP

300 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.2 Gigapixels/s

32.61 Gigapixels/s

1382% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

22 Gigatexels/s

130.40 Gigatexels/s

492% significantly higher texture rate

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

160

1536

859% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

128

540% 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

474th of 586

248th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

11.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.3

4.5

HD 4600 vs GeForce GTX 690 comparison

For gaming, the GeForce GTX 690 graphics card is better than the HD 4600 in our tests.

Our database shows that the GeForce GTX 690 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 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 690 at 300 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce GTX 690 over the HD 4600.