Intel HD Graphics 620 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 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 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 620

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 0 month(s) later
6.3x more texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
128x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 256 MB
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 922 vs 143
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 216 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2016 vs 12 August 2004
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	922 vs 143
PassMark - G2D Mark	216 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

922

143

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

Name	Intel HD Graphics 620	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	922	143
PassMark - G2D Mark	216	53
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 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Curie
Code name	Kaby Lake GT2	NV43 A2
Launch date	30 August 2016	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1334	1588
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64.95
Price now		$64.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	403.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		16 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync