GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs HD Graphics 4600
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 910 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 70 | 52 |
| Power efficiency | 6.39 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 7.5 (2013) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Haswell GT2 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 May 2013 (11 years ago) | 1 September 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $329 |
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 | 160 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 392 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 170 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 22.00 | 199.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.352 TFLOPS | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 48 |
| TMUs | 20 | 112 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
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 | Ring Bus | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 12-pin |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1875 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 360.0 GB/s |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 May 2013 | 1 September 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 170 Watt |
HD Graphics 4600 has 277.8% lower power consumption.
RTX 3060 12 GB GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4600 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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