HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) vs GeForce 405 OEM

HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 3 Jun 2013
HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
GeForce 405 OEM
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Sep 2010
GeForce 405 OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.

Reasons to consider GeForce 405 OEM

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor

HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)

HWBench recommends HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)GeForce 405 OEM
GPU NameHaswell GT2 ()vsGT216 ()
Fab Process22 nmvs40 nm
Die Size177 mm²vs100 mm²
Transistors392 millionvs486 million
Shaders20vs48
Compute Units0vs2
Core clock400 MHzvs475 MHz
ROPs2vs8
TMUs4vs16

Memory Configuration

HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)GeForce 405 OEM
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsDDR3
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs64 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)GeForce 405 OEM
TDP45 wattsvs25 watts
Release Date3 Jun 2013vs3 Sep 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
    5.40 GP/s
  • GeForce 405 OEM
    3.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
    10.80 GT/s
  • GeForce 405 OEM
    7.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
    0.00 GB/s
  • GeForce 405 OEM
    12.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
    432.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce 405 OEM
    105.60 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better