RTX A500 Embedded 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)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2GA107S
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)30 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 cores1602048
Core clock speed400 MHz435 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1335 MHz
Number of transistors392 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate22.0085.44
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPS5.468 TFLOPS
ROPs232
TMUs2064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 4.0 x8
WidthIGPno data
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 SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 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 DependentPortable 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.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 30 March 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 20 Watt

RTX A500 Embedded has an age advantage of 8 years, a 175% more advanced lithography process, and 125% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4600 and RTX A500 Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4600 is a desktop card while RTX A500 Embedded is a mobile workstation one.


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