HD Graphics 4600 vs Quadro FX 580

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated910
Place by popularitynot in top-10056
Power efficiencyno data6.64
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 7.5 (2013)
GPU code nameG96CHaswell GT2
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date9 April 2009 (15 years ago)27 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 cores32160
Core clock speed450 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors314 million392 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate7.20022.00
Floating-point processing power0.072 TFLOPS0.352 TFLOPS
ROPs82
TMUs1620

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16Ring Bus
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.3
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A+
CUDA1.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

FX 580 161
HD Graphics 4600 710
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2009 27 May 2013
Chip lithography 55 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 45 Watt

FX 580 has 12.5% lower power consumption.

HD Graphics 4600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 580 and HD Graphics 4600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 580 is a workstation graphics card while HD Graphics 4600 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
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