Intel Iris 550 vs Intel HD 4600

Compare Intel Iris 550 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

287 points

106% significantly better overall score

139 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

7 FPS

3 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

4 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

5 FPS

2 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

5 FPS

3 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

2 FPS

1 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

1 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

6574 points

113% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

3076 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

7277 points

158% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

2810 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

6869 points

114% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

3204 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

6580 points

155% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

2573 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz

400 MHz

33% slightly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1000 MHz

1100 MHz

10% 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

6 Gigapixels/s

172% significantly higher pixel rate

2.2 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

48 Gigatexels/s

118% significantly higher texture rate

22 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

384

139% significantly more shading units

160

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

139% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

200% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

384th of 586

479th of 586

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

4.3

Iris 550 vs HD 4600 benchmarks

For gaming, the Iris 550 graphics card is better than the HD 4600 in our tests.

The HD 4600 has a slightly 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. In addition, the HD 4600 also has a slightly 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 Iris 550 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 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 Iris 550 over the HD 4600.