GeForce 6800 GT Dual vs HD Graphics 4600

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking910not rated
Place by popularity56not in top-100
Power efficiency6.64no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2NV45
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)8 June 2004 (20 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 cores160no data
Core clock speed400 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate22.005.600
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPSno data
ROPs216
TMUs2016

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 1.0 x16
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared256 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data32 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.32.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 8 June 2004
Chip lithography 22 nm 130 nm

HD Graphics 4600 has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 490.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4600 and GeForce 6800 GT Dual. We've got no test results to judge.


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