HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) vs Radeon HD 3850 X2
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) |
| 95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 3850 X2 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3850 X2 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | Radeon HD 3850 X2 | |
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| GPU Name | Haswell GT2 () | vs | RV670 (RV670 PRO) |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 177 mm² | vs | 192 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 666 million |
| Shaders | 20 | vs | 320 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 400 MHz | vs | 669 MHz |
| ROPs | 2 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | Radeon HD 3850 X2 | |
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| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 828 MHz
1656 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | Radeon HD 3850 X2 | |
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| TDP | 45 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 3 Jun 2013 | vs | 4 Apr 2008 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better