GeForce GTX 950 LP 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)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2GM206
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)1 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$159

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 cores160768
Core clock speed400 MHz1024 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1188 MHz
Number of transistors392 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate22.0057.02
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPSno data
ROPs232
TMUs2048

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data202 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared6612 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data105.8 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 Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

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)12.0
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+-
CUDA-5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 1 March 2016
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 75 Watt

HD Graphics 4600 has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 950 LP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4600 and GeForce GTX 950 LP. We've got no test results to judge.


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