Intel HD 530 vs Intel HD 4600

Compare Intel HD 530 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

528 points

279% significantly better overall score

139 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

43 FPS

39 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

4 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

3 FPS

0 FPS slightly higher Electron frame rate

2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

3 FPS

1 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

55 FPS

54 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

1 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

389 points

99% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

195 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4602 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

3076 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4874 points

73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

2810 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4413 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

3204 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4937 points

91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

2573 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

350 MHz

400 MHz

14% slightly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

950 MHz

1100 MHz

15% slightly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

45 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.85 Gigapixels/s

29% slightly higher pixel rate

2.2 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

22.8 Gigatexels/s

3% slightly higher texture rate

22 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

192

20% slightly more shading units

160

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

49% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

322nd of 586

475th of 586

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.4

4.3

HD 530 vs HD 4600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the HD 530 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 HD 4600 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. The boost clock speed is the frequency that the GPU core can reach if the temperature is low enough. The allows for higher performance in certain scenarios.

In addition, the HD 530 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 HD 530 over the HD 4600.