Ideapad y460p, no GPU switch

I have bought a Lenovo Ideapad y460p which has a Intel Core-i7-2630QM Processor and a dedicated Radeon HD 6550M GPU.

From he the intel site, it is stated that:

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Processor Graphics              Yes
Graphics Base Frequency        	650 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 	1.1 GHz
Graphics Output                 eDP/DP/HDMI/SDVO/CRT

But there is no switch to select one of them.
I want to know which one is active then?

 

Graphic switching has to be enabled by the manufacturer. The Y460p is one of the only notebooks of its size that does not have switchable graphics, and there is no way for this feature to be enabled. The Radeon is active 100% of the time. If you wanted a notebook with this capability, you should have purchased a Y470 or any of a myriad of other systems (Dell XPS 15, Sager NP5160/5165, HP dv6t, etc).

 

So does that mean the built in gpu in cpu is also enable and consume power?

 

Likely it is running but it's still within the thermal envelope of the last generation quad core processors as they moved the quad core i7s from 45 nm to 32 nm.

As saturnotaku has stated, if absolutely want switchable graphics (personally I think Optimus gives you major headaches), then sell/return your laptop and purchase one that lists Optimus in the specs.

 

I don't have problem with that. I mean are they both enable but one of them is accessable?