NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M videocard review

GeForce GT 620M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 23 August 2012. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF108.

Boost clock speed - 715 MHz. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 253.4 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 585 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 15 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory clock speed - 1800 MHz. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38703

436

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

126

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

352097

2108

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

4.233 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

161.144 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

0.519 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

461.690 Frames/s

7.151 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 mHash/s

16.605 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

1032 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

1595 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

2392 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

1032.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

1595.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

2392.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	436
PassMark - G2D Mark	126
Geekbench - OpenCL	2108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	4.233 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	161.144 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	0.519 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	7.151 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	16.605 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	1032 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1595 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2392 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	1032.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1595.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2392.000 Fps

Games performance

1. Hitman: Absolution (2012)
2. World of Tanks v8 (2012)
3. Dirt Showdown (2012)
4. Diablo III (2012)

5. Mass Effect 3 (2012)
6. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
7. Battlefield 3 (2011)
8. Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)
9. StarCraft 2 (2010)

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x768	35.00
Medium, 1366x768	25.80
High, 1366x768	14.90

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x768	36.00
Medium, 1366x768	18.00
High, 1366x768	16.00

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768	48.55
Medium, 1366x768	33.10
High, 1366x768	25.30

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	84.15
Medium, 1366x768	50.65
High, 1366x768	39.55
Ultra, 1920x1080	21.12

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	49.00
High, 1366x768	33.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	21.80

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	37.40
Medium, 1366x768	27.10
High, 1366x768	19.50

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	28.90
Medium, 1366x768	19.60
High, 1366x768	15.15

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768	95.30
High, 1366x768	40.30

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	136.00
Medium, 1360x768	46.00
High, 1360x768	26.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Fermi
Code name	GF108
Launch date	23 August 2012
Place in performance rating	1498
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	715 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	585 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 API
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers