HD Graphics P4600 vs ION

Place in the ranking	1424	1035
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.00	1.33
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Generation 7.5 (2013)
GPU code name	C79	Haswell GT2
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	18 June 2008 (17 years ago)	1 June 2013 (12 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	16	160
Core clock speed	450 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	392 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	84 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.600	24.00
Floating-point processing power	0.0352 TFLOPS	0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	8	20
L2 Cache	32 KB	no data

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	PCI	IGP
Width	no data	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	System Shared	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	System Shared
Memory bus width	System Shared	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
Shared memory	+	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.80

Synthetic benchmarks

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ION 0.26

HD Graphics P4600 1.45
+458%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

ION 108
Samples: 461

HD Graphics P4600 605
+460%

Samples: 6

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	0.26	1.45
Recency	18 June 2008	1 June 2013
Chip lithography	65 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	84 Watt

ION has 320% lower power consumption.

HD Graphics P4600, on the other hand, has a 458% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 195% more advanced lithography process.

The HD Graphics P4600 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION in performance tests.

Be aware that ION is a notebook graphics card while HD Graphics P4600 is a desktop one.