RTX A4500 Mobile vs HD Graphics 4600

Place in the ranking	915	76
Place by popularity	70	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.41	22.51
Architecture	Generation 7.5 (2013)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Haswell GT2	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	27 May 2013 (11 years ago)	22 March 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	5888
Core clock speed	400 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	392 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.00	276.0
Floating-point processing power	0.352 TFLOPS	17.66 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	96
TMUs	20	184
Tensor Cores	no data	184
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	46

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	16 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	512.0 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

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 4600 1.84

RTX A4500 Mobile 45.21
+2357%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD Graphics 4600 710

RTX A4500 Mobile 17438
+2356%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	14 −2043%	300−350 +2043%
Full HD	11 −2355%	270−280 +2355%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2300%	120−130 +2300%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2329%	170−180 +2329%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +113%	8−9 −113%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +25%	27−30 −25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2300%	120−130 +2300%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2329%	170−180 +2329%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +113%	8−9 −113%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +25%	27−30 −25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −2329%	170−180 +2329%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +113%	8−9 −113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +25%	27−30 −25%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2275%

95−100
+2275%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −2300%	240−250 +2300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+150%

2−3

−150%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−2300%

24−27
+2300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

This is how HD Graphics 4600 and RTX A4500 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A4500 Mobile is 2043% faster in 900p
RTX A4500 Mobile is 2355% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD Graphics 4600 is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, HD Graphics 4600 surpassed RTX A4500 Mobile in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.84	45.21
Recency	27 May 2013	22 March 2022
Chip lithography	22 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	140 Watt

HD Graphics 4600 has 211.1% lower power consumption.

RTX A4500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 2357.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4600 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4600 is a notebook graphics card while RTX A4500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.