Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) 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 popularity70not in top-100
Power efficiency6.37no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)4 January 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 cores16064
Core clock speed400 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors392 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate22.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPSno data
ROPs2no data
TMUs20no 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).

InterfaceRing Busno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
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 Dependentno data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 120% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4600 and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4600 is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.


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