Intel HD Graphics 4600
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Intel HD Graphics 4600
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 305M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

755
Place in performance rating
1045
Gen. 7.5 Haswell
Architecture
GT2xx
Haswell GT2
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
no data
1 June 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
10 January 2010 (11 years ago)
$464
Price now
$163
0.07
Value for money
0.01
Haswell GT2
GPU code name
n11m-lp1
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
no data
200 MHz
Core clock speed
525 MHz
1350 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
392 million
Transistor count
no data
22 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
45 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
27.00
Texture fill rate
4.200
50 gflops
Floating-point performance
36.8 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
16
no data
Gigaflops
55
20
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
1350 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
392 million
Number of transistors
260 million
45 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
14 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
no data
Memory bandwidth
11.2 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
no data
Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M is the additional functionality.

no data
CUDA
+
+
Quick Sync
no data
no data
Power management
8.0

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
4.3
OpenGL
2.1
1.1.80
Vulkan
N/A
5.1
Shader Model
4.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel HD Graphics 4600 or NVIDIA GeForce 305M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 4600

2.29% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (22 nm vs 40 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Cheaper ($163 vs $464)

So, Intel HD Graphics 4600 or NVIDIA GeForce 305M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel HD Graphics 4600 .

Intel HD Graphics 4600 versus NVIDIA GeForce 305M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

3.3 Out of 3 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 4600
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 305M