Intel HD Graphics 4600
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Intel HD Graphics 4600
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

755
Place in performance rating
not rated
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Value for money (0-100)
0.46
Gen. 7.5 Haswell
Architecture
Tesla
Haswell GT2
Code name
G86
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 June 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$129
$464
Price now
$215 (1.7x MSRP)
0.07
Value for money
no data
Haswell GT2
GPU code name
G86
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
16
200 MHz
Core clock speed
459 MHz
1350 MHz
Boost Clock
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392 million
Transistor count
210 million
22 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
45 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
27.00
Texture fill rate
3.6 billion/sec
50 gflops
Floating-point performance
29.376 gflops
20
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
1350 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
392 million
Number of transistors
210 million
45 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
30 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 8500 GT.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Length
229 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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SLI options
+

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 8500 GT can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
+
Shared memory
no data
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Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is the additional functionality.

+
Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.3
OpenGL
2.1
1.1.80
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 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 8500 GT 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 8500 GT
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
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

2.78% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (160 vs 16)

Finer manufacturing process technology (22 nm vs 80 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Cheaper ($215 (1.7x MSRP) vs $464)

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 45 Watt)

So, Intel HD Graphics 4600 or NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT?

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

Intel HD Graphics 4600 versus NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 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 8500 GT