HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) vs GeForce GTX 460
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) |
| 115 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | GeForce GTX 460 | |
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| GPU Name | Haswell GT2 () | vs | GF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1) |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 177 mm² | vs | 332 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 1,950 million |
| Shaders | 20 | vs | 336 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 7 |
| Core clock | 400 MHz | vs | 675 MHz |
| ROPs | 2 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | GeForce GTX 460 | |
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| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | GeForce GTX 460 | |
|---|
| TDP | 45 watts | vs | 160 watts |
| Release Date | 3 Jun 2013 | vs | 12 Jul 2010 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better