HD Graphics 4600 vs FirePro W2100

Place in the ranking	849	919
Place by popularity	not in top-100	64
Power efficiency	6.24	6.38
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Generation 7.5 (2013)
GPU code name	Oland	Haswell GT2
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	12 August 2014 (10 years ago)	27 May 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 cores	320	160
Core clock speed	630 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	680 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	392 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.60	22.00
Floating-point processing power	0.4352 TFLOPS	0.352 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	2
TMUs	20	20

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	Ring Bus
Width	1-slot	no data
Form factor	low profile / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	2x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort count	2	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	-
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	+

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.

FirePro W2100 2.35
+27%

HD Graphics 4600 1.85

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.

FirePro W2100 903
+27.2%

HD Graphics 4600 710

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

FirePro W2100 1085
+70.7%

HD Graphics 4600 636

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

FirePro W2100 7771
+38.4%

HD Graphics 4600 5613

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

FirePro W2100 15
+3.8%

HD Graphics 4600 14

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	16−18 +14.3%	14 −14.3%
Full HD	13 +18.2%	11 −18.2%
4K	2 +100%	1−2 −100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Elden Ring	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +50%	6 −50%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Dota 2	5−6 −100%	10 +100%
Elden Ring	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −14.3%	16 +14.3%
Fortnite	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 +25%	4 −25%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +22.2%	18 −22.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +80%	5 −80%
World of Tanks	40−45 +63%	27 −63%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Dota 2	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +15.8%	18−20 −15.8%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
World of Tanks	14−16 +25%	12−14 −25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Valorant	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Elden Ring	1−2	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Fortnite	1−2	0−1
Valorant	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how FirePro W2100 and HD Graphics 4600 compete in popular games:

FirePro W2100 is 14% faster in 900p
FirePro W2100 is 18% faster in 1080p
FirePro W2100 is 100% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the FirePro W2100 is 200% faster.
in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD Graphics 4600 is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games: