Intel HD Graphics 620 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 620

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 620

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 220 nm
1024x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 32 MB
184.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 922 vs 5
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 216 vs 201

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2016 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	922 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	216 vs 201

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

19x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

922

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

201

Name	Intel HD Graphics 620	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	922	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	216	201
Geekbench - OpenCL	4178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	227.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	30.288
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	343

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 620	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Celsius
Code name	Kaby Lake GT2	NV10 A3
Launch date	30 August 2016	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	1334	911
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	120 MHz
Floating-point performance	403.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	220 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	7.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		4.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		300 MHz
Technologies
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