HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) vs GeForce GT 640

HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 3 Jun 2013
HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
GeForce GT 640
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 5 Jun 2012
GeForce GT 640

Summary

Reasons to consider HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 640

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 640

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 640

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)GeForce GT 640
GPU NameHaswell GT2 ()vsGK107 (GK107-300-A2)
Fab Process22 nmvs28 nm
Die Size177 mm²vs118 mm²
Transistors392 millionvs1,270 million
Shaders20vs384
Compute Units0vs2
Core clock400 MHzvs902 MHz
ROPs2vs16
TMUs4vs32

Memory Configuration

HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)GeForce GT 640
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsDDR3
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs128 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs891 MHz
1782 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)GeForce GT 640
TDP45 wattsvs65 watts
Release Date3 Jun 2013vs5 Jun 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
    5.40 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 640
    7.22 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
    10.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 640
    28.90 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
    0.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 640
    28.50 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
    432.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 640
    692.70 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better