HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) vs Radeon HD 7790
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) |
| 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7790 . |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7790 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7790
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | Radeon HD 7790 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Haswell GT2 () | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XT) |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 177 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 20 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 400 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 2 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | Radeon HD 7790 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | Radeon HD 7790 | |
|---|
| TDP | 45 watts | vs | 85 watts |
| Release Date | 3 Jun 2013 | vs | 22 Mar 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better