Intel HD Graphics 4600
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Intel HD Graphics 4600
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

755
Place in performance rating
229
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Value for money (0-100)
30.41
Gen. 7.5 Haswell
Architecture
Maxwell
Haswell GT2
Code name
GM204
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 June 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$2,560.89
$464
Price now
$848 (0.3x MSRP)
0.07
Value for money
4.32
Haswell GT2
GPU code name
GM204
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
1280
200 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
1350 MHz
Boost Clock
1038 MHz
392 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
22 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
45 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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27.00
Texture fill rate
83.04
50 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,657 gflops
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CUDA cores
1280
20
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1350 MHz
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
392 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
45 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

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 GTX 970M can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
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Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
120 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 GTX 970M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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G-SYNC support
+
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HDMI
+
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VGA аnalog display support
+
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+

Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Optimus
+
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Ansel
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+
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BatteryBoost
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
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DSR
+
+
Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.3
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.80
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
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 GTX 970M 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 GTX 970M 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 GTX 970M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
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

Cheaper ($464 vs $848 (0.3x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (22 nm vs 28 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

22.57% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 160)

G-SYNC support

So, Intel HD Graphics 4600 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M .

Intel HD Graphics 4600 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

3.3 Out of 3 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 4600
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M