Guide
Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v3
Product Family
Intel® HD Graphics P4600
Intel® HD Graphics P4600
A Significant Step Forward In Processor Graphics Performance
The Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3 product family is built on
Intel’s 22nm process using 3D Tri-Gate transistors. The new Intel® HD
Graphics P4600
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is considered to be an advancement of the previousgeneration Intel® HD Graphics technologies that were first introduced
in 2010. Each version including the new Intel HD graphics P4600 represents not a copy of the previous design, but an improvement, and
today represents a new high-end offering of processor-based graphics
for entry-level workstations. It offers an integrated ring bus technology that connects all CPU components (computational cores, L3 cache,
graphics, and system agent with the memory controller) to enable an
optimized approach of communicating with the system memory –
via the fast L3 cache. The Intel HD Graphics P4600 processor-based
graphics will support Microsoft DirectX11.1,* OpenGL* 4.0, OpenCL* 1.2
and DirectCompute 5.0 standards. In addition to improvements in
both 2D and 3D graphics performance, Intel® Quick Sync Video 2.0
technology almost doubles the H.264 transcoding speed of its
predecessors and now supports up to 4K display resolutions. The
graphics core microarchitecture improvements have produced
noticeable improvement in 3D performance, of as much as 25%
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via 20 execution units and L3 cache.
If your systems are to be employed by users of applications like
the Autodesk AutoCAD*/Inventor*/Revit*; Adobe Premiere,* Adobe
Photoshop,* After Effects,* SolidWorks* and other similar volume
professional software applications, the Intel Xeon processor E3-1200
v3 product family with Intel HD Graphics P4600 offers competitive
performance to entry-level professional discrete graphics cards.
The Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v3 product family with Intel HD
Graphics P4600 represents a significant evolution for graphics and
media capabilities. Updates to processor graphics include:
• Significant 3D enhancements include Microsoft DirectX11, hardware
tessellation, two programmable stages (HS and DS) and one fixedfunction Tessellator as well as new compressed texture format
support for BC6H/7.
• More key changes include:
– Increased number of Execution Units
– Enhanced compute shader support for data parallelism, UAVs,
atomics, barriers
– Improved shared local memory for compute shaders
– Support for scatter gather
– Provision for shader model 5.1 (new DX11 instructions)
– Improved geometry performance
– Increase in Hi-Z performance
Core
Core
Core
Core
Processor
LLC
LLC
LLC
LLC
Graphics
• A scalable architecture partitioned into 5 domains consisting of:
– Global assets: Includes geometry front-end up to setup
– Slice common: Includes rasterizer, L3$ and pixel back-end
– Slice: shaders (EUs), IC$, samplers, Addrs Gen
– CODEX and media
– Displays
Media Block
VDBOX
VEBOX
Processor Graphics Components
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EU
EU
EU
EU
EU
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EU
EU
EU
EU
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EU
Sampler
Sampler
Sampler
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Table 1. Graphics Comparison Table
SPECIFICATIONS INTEL® HD GRAPHICS P4600
Processor Support
Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3 family
(12X5 series)
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Processor Based Yes Yes
ECC Memory Support Yes No
Optimized and certied for professional applications Yes No
Processor Clock Speed Up to 4.0 GHz Up to 3.9 GHz
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
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Support Yes Yes
Execution Units 20 20/16
Shared L3 Cache Yes Ye s
Graphics Frequency (MAX) Up to 1300 MHz Up to 1200 MHz
Max Dynamic Video Memory (Vista*/Windows* 7
for 1 GB/2 GB/>4 GB System Memory) 256 MB/>783 MB/1692 MB 256 MB/>783 MB/1692 MB
Shader Model Support 5.1 Yes Yes
Number of Displays 3 3
Intel® Flexible Display Interface Yes Yes
Max Resolution
DisplayPort*/HDMI- 3840x2160@ 60Hz,
4096x2304@24Hz, VGA
Dual Simultaneous HDMI Support Yes Yes
Display Port Standard 1.2 1.2
HDMI (V.1.4 with 3D) Yes Yes
Bit Color Depth 12bpc DisplayPort, DVI, VGA, SDVD Yes Yes
8-Channel LPCM Yes Yes
Display Port Audio Yes Yes
Dolby TrueHD* and DTS*-HD Master Audio Yes Yes
Encoding/Decoding Hardware Acceleration Yes Yes
H.264 Yes Yes
MPEG2 Encode Yes Yes
AVC, MPEG, VC1 Encode Yes Yes
Video Decode Streams 12 12
Total Color Control Yes Yes
Skin Tone Detection/Correction Yes Ye s
Auto Contrast Enhancement Yes Yes
ProcAMP Yes Yes
Sharpness Yes Yes
xvYCC Yes Yes
Advanced De-Interlacing Yes Yes
Film Mode Detection Yes Yes
Noise Detection Yes Yes
Scaling 8x8 Polyphase Yes Yes
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INTEL® HD GRAPHICS 4600/4400
Intel® Core™ i3 processor, Intel® Core™ i5
processor, Intel® Core™ i7 processor
DisplayPort*/HDMI- 3840x2160@ 60Hz,
4096x2304@24Hz, VGA
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Table 2. Top-Level Processor Comparison
FEATURE
Cache Size
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
Intel® HD Graphics
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Max number of displays
Professional CAD/Imaging/DCC
application certications
INTEL® XEON® PROCESSOR
E3-1200 V3 PRODUCT FAMILY
8 MB 8 MB 6 MB 3 MB
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Yes Yes No Yes
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Yes Yes Yes No
Intel® HD Graphics P4600 Intel® HD Graphics P4600 Intel® HD Graphics 4600 Intel® HD Graphics 4600
3 3 3 3
Certied on 15 applications from
Autodesk, Adobe, Solid Works,
Bentley and Siemens
4TH GEN INTEL®
CORE™ i7 PROCESSOR
4TH GEN INTEL®
CORE™ i5 PROCESSOR
4TH GEN INTEL®
CORE™ i3 PROCESSOR
No No No
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To learn more about Intel® HD Graphics, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and Intel® HD Graphics
Dynamic Frequency Technology, go to:
www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/
www.intel.com/technology/graphics/intelhd.htm
software.intel.com/en-us/articles/quick-reference-guide-to-intel-integrated-graphics
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Intel® HD P460 0 introduces 4 a dditional exec ution units go ing from 16 in the In tel® HD P400 0 to 20 in the Intel H D P4600. Opti mized Intel® HD Grap hics P4600 on ly available on se lect models of t he Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3 product
family. For more information, visit http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/hd- graphics/hd-graphicsdeveloper.
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There are 25% m ore execution un its associate d with the new Int el® HD Grap hics P4600.
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Optimized Intel® HD Grap hics P4600 on ly available on se lect models of t he Intel® Xeon® proce ssor E3 family. To lear n more about Inte l® Xeon® processors for workstation visit www.intel.com/go/workstation.
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Requires a syst em with Intel® Turbo Boos t Techn ology. Intel Turbo Bo ost Technology an d Intel Turbo Boost Techn ology 2.0 are on ly available on se lect Intel® processors. Consult your system manufacturer. Performance varies depending on
hardwar e, software, and syst em conguration. For more inf ormation, visit http://www.intel.co m/go/turbo.
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Available on select Intel® Core™ and Intel® Xeon® processors. Requires an Intel® HT Technology enabled sys tem, check with your PC man ufacturer. Perfo rmance will vary depending on the specic hardw are and software us ed. Not available on
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Core™ i5-750. For more information including details on which processors support HT Technology, visit http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.
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