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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between Intel HD Graphics 4600  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT.

755
Place in performance rating
not rated
no data
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

Which GPU is better between Intel HD Graphics 4600  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

160
Pipelines
16
200 MHz
Core clock speed
459 MHz
1350 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT.

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
no data
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT.

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

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
Quick Sync
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.7 Out of 142 Hitesti Score
3.0 Out of 25 Hitesti Score