GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102 vs HD Graphics 4600
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 913 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 70 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.37 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 7.5 (2013) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Haswell GT2 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 May 2013 (11 years ago) | 21 October 2022 (2 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 | 160 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 1575 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 392 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 290 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 22.00 | 339.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.352 TFLOPS | 21.75 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 96 |
| TMUs | 20 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 192 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 48 |
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 | Ring Bus | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 12-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 type | System Shared | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1188 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 608.3 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 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.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 May 2013 | 21 October 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 290 Watt |
HD Graphics 4600 has 544.4% lower power consumption.
RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4600 and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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