HD Graphics 4600 vs Quadro FX 3800M

Place in performance ranking	928	872
Place by popularity	not in top-100	39
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.09	0.08
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)
GPU code name	N10E-GLM4	Haswell GT2
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	20 December 2009 (14 years ago)	1 June 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price	$199	$464

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 3800M has 13% better value for money than HD Graphics 4600.

Detailed specifications

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	128	20
Core clock speed	675 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1350 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	392 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.20	27.00
Floating-point performance	422.4 gflops	50 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro FX 3800M and HD Graphics 4600 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16

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	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	no data
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

No outputs

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 graphics 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	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.80
CUDA	+	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.

FX 3800M 1.51

HD Graphics 4600 1.83
+21.2%

HD Graphics 4600 outperforms Quadro FX 3800M by 21% 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%

FX 3800M 585

HD Graphics 4600 710
+21.4%

HD Graphics 4600 outperforms Quadro FX 3800M by 21% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FX 3800M 6779
+30.3%

HD Graphics 4600 5203

Quadro FX 3800M outperforms HD Graphics 4600 by 30% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	10−12 −40%	14 +40%
Full HD	34 +209%	11 −209%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Battlefield 5	0−1	2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Battlefield 5	0−1	2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Battlefield 5	0−1	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Hitman 3	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how FX 3800M and HD Graphics 4600 compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 4600 is 40% faster in 900p
FX 3800M is 209% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD Graphics 4600 is 100% faster than the FX 3800M.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 4600 is ahead in 13 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 19 tests (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.51	1.83
Recency	20 December 2009	1 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	55 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	45 Watt