HD Graphics P4600 vs GeForce GT 720A

Place in performance ranking	929	918
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.01	0.03
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Generation 7.5 (2013)
GPU code name	GF117	Haswell GT2
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 July 2014 (9 years ago)	1 June 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price	$639	$225

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics P4600 has 200% better value for money than GT 720A.

Technical specs

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 cores	96	160
Core clock speed	775 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	392 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	84 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.40	24.00
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops	no data

Size and 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Width	MXM Module	IGP

Memory

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	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB/s	no data

Video outputs and ports

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

No outputs

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.80
CUDA	2.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GT 720A 1.50

HD Graphics P4600 1.56
+4%

HD Graphics P4600 outperforms GeForce GT 720A by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 720A 581

HD Graphics P4600 605
+4.1%

HD Graphics P4600 outperforms GeForce GT 720A by 4% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	1.50	1.56
Recency	1 July 2014	1 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	84 Watt