Intel HD Graphics 620 vs NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce 305M 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 305M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 620

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
6x more texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 24 vs 16
11x better floating-point performance: 403.2 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 926 vs 151
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 219 vs 149
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4162 vs 1987

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2016 vs 10 January 2010
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	24 vs 16
Floating-point performance	403.2 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	926 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	219 vs 149
Geekbench - OpenCL	4162 vs 1987

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 305M

3.8x more core clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 15 Watt

Core clock speed	1150 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 305M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

926

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

219

149

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4162

1987

Name	Intel HD Graphics 620	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
PassMark - G3D Mark	926	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	219	149
Geekbench - OpenCL	4162	1987
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 305M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Kaby Lake GT2	GT218
Launch date	30 August 2016	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1328	1332
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1150 MHz
Floating-point performance	403.2 gflops	36.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	24	16
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Gigaflops		55
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		11.2 GB / s
Technologies
Quick Sync
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0