In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel HD Graphics 4400 Desktop are marginally better than the Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop.

The Graphics 4400 has no core clock speed set, so any comparison between Texture and Pixel Fill Rates is not currently possible.

The Graphics 4400 was released less than a year after the Graphics 4600, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.

The HD Graphics 4400 Desktop and the HD Graphics 4600 Desktop have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.

The memory bandwidth of the HD Graphics 4400 Desktop and the HD Graphics 4600 Desktop are the same, which means the Graphics 4400 and the Graphics 4600 have equal limitations when it comes to graphical data transfer.

The HD Graphics 4400 Desktop has 80 Shader Processing Units and the HD Graphics 4600 Desktop has 20. However, the actual shader performance of the Graphics 4400 is 0 and the actual shader performance of the Graphics 4600 is 100. The Graphics 4600 having 100 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Graphics 4600 delivers a marginally smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Graphics 4400.

The HD Graphics 4600 Desktop requires 88 Watts to run but there is no entry for the Graphics 4400. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the Graphics 4600, but we do not have a recommended PSU wattage for the Graphics 4400.