HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) vs Radeon R5 230
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Reasons to consider Radeon R5 230 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2)
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | Radeon R5 230 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Haswell GT2 () | vs | Caicos (Caicos PRO) |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 177 mm² | vs | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 370 million |
| Shaders | 20 | vs | 160 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 400 MHz | vs | 625 MHz |
| ROPs | 2 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | Radeon R5 230 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 667 MHz
1334 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 4600 (Haswell GT2) | | Radeon R5 230 | |
|---|
| TDP | 45 watts | vs | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 3 Jun 2013 | vs | 3 Apr 2014 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better