HD Graphics 4600 and GeForce GTS 260M - video card comparison
HD Graphics 4600
GeForce GTS 260M
Architecture
Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
Haswell GT2
N10E-GS
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
June 2013
June 2009
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options
-
+
MXM Type
-
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Boost clock speed
1350 MHz
-
Core clock speed
200 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
50 gflops
264 gflops
Gigaflops
-
396
Manufacturing process technology
22 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
392 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
20
96
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
38 Watt
Texture fill rate
27.00
17.60
Memory type
System Shared
GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
System Shared
1 GB
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
System Shared
Up to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
+
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DirectX
12 (11_1)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.3
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
1.1.80
N/A
Power management
-
8.0
Quick Sync
+
-