HD Graphics 6EU vs GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Generation 7.0 (2012−2013) |
| GPU code name | AD107 | Ivy Bridge GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 1 April 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3072 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 1140 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1470 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 392 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 141.1 | 6.300 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.032 TFLOPS | 0.1008 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 1 |
| TMUs | 96 | 6 |
| Tensor Cores | 96 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 24 | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Motherboard Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | + |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 January 2023 | 1 April 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 22 nm |
RTX 4060 Max-Q has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q and HD Graphics 6EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q is a notebook card while HD Graphics 6EU is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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