Playstation 3 GPU 28nm 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 ranking917not rated
Place by popularity64not in top-100
Power efficiency6.31no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2RSX-28nm
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)3 June 2013 (11 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 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt21 Watt
Texture fill rate22.0013.20
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPSno data
ROPs28
TMUs2024

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 BusIGP

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 Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared700 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data22.4 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 DependentNo outputs

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)N/A
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3ES 1.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 21 Watt

HD Graphics 4600 has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

Playstation 3 GPU 28nm, on the other hand, has 114.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4600 and Playstation 3 GPU 28nm. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel HD Graphics 4600
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NVIDIA Playstation 3 GPU 28nm
Playstation 3 GPU 28nm

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