HD Graphics P4600 vs GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition and HD Graphics P4600, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GT 755M Mac Edition outperforms HD Graphics P4600 by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 864 | 968 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Generation 7.5 (2013) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | Haswell GT2 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 November 2013 (10 years ago) | 1 June 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 | 384 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 1085 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 392 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 84 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 34.72 | 24.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8333 gflops | 0.384 gflops |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | IGP |
| Width | MXM Module | IGP |
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 | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | no 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
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 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.1.80 |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.16 | 1.57 |
| Recency | 8 November 2013 | 1 June 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 84 Watt |
GT 755M Mac Edition has a 37.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and 68% lower power consumption.
HD Graphics P4600, on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics P4600 in performance tests.
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