Intel HD 4600 vs Intel Iris Xe

Compare Intel HD 4600 vs Intel Iris Xe, 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

974 points

600% significantly better overall score

Flux Core frame rate

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

4 FPS

24 FPS

20 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

2 FPS

14 FPS

12 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

2 FPS

15 FPS

13 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

1 FPS

10 FPS

9 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

195 points

15% slightly higher 3DMark Graphics score

169 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3076 points

14184 points

361% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

2810 points

14105 points

401% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3204 points

11957 points

273% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

2573 points

16575 points

544% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

400 MHz

33% slightly higher core clock speed

300 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1100 MHz

Identical

1100 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

45 W

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.2 Gigapixels/s

13.2 Gigapixels/s

499% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

22 Gigatexels/s

26.4 Gigatexels/s

20% slightly higher texture rate

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

160

384

139% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

20% slightly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

499% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

474th of 586

264th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.3

4.6

HD 4600 vs Iris Xe specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Iris Xe beats the HD 4600 in gaming performance.

The HD 4600 has a slightly 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 Iris Xe has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the HD 4600 at 45 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 Iris Xe over the HD 4600.