ATI Rage XL vs HD Graphics 4600

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking913not rated
Place by popularity70not in top-100
Power efficiency6.36no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Rage 3 (1997−1998)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2Rage 3
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)1 August 1998 (26 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 cores160no data
Core clock speed400 MHz125 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million8 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm350 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate22.000.13
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPSno data
ROPs21
TMUs201

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCI
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedSDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared83 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data664.0 MB/s
Shared memory+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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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.

DirectX12 (11_1)6.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.31.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 1 August 1998
Chip lithography 22 nm 350 nm

HD Graphics 4600 has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1490.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4600 and Rage XL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 4600 is a desktop card while Rage XL is a workstation one.


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