HD Graphics P4600 vs GeForce FX 5800 Ultra

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated924
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.03
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Generation 7.5 (2013)
GPU code nameNV30Haswell GT2
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)1 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data
Current priceno data$225

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data160
Core clock speed500 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors125 million392 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data84 Watt
Texture fill rate4.00024.00

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xIGP
Length213 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeGDDR2System Shared
Maximum RAM amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sno data

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, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a12 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.3
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 1 June 2013
Chip lithography 130 nm 22 nm

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