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

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 GTX 970M.

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

Which GPU is better between Intel HD Graphics 4600  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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
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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 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 GTX 970M.

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

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 GTX 970M.

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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

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

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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 confrontation between the two contenders Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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
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 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

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

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

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SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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User rating

3.7 Out of 141 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 44 Hitesti Score