Intel HD Graphics 620 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 620

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 11.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB
Launch date 30 August 2016 vs 10 May 2012
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 4.1x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 25.2 GTexel / s
  • 56x more pipelines: 1344 vs 24
  • 6.1x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 403.2 gflops
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5345 vs 922
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 537 vs 216
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15511 vs 4178
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 41.613 vs 24.275
  • 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 971.208 vs 227.879
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.281 vs 1.508
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 40.404 vs 15.582
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 86.208 vs 30.288
  • 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7038 vs 1404
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3686 vs 1733
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3340
  • 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7038 vs 1404
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3686 vs 1733
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3340
  • 5.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1839 vs 343
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 24
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops vs 403.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5345 vs 922
PassMark - G2D Mark 537 vs 216
Geekbench - OpenCL 15511 vs 4178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 41.613 vs 24.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 971.208 vs 227.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.281 vs 1.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.404 vs 15.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 86.208 vs 30.288
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7038 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3686 vs 1733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7038 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3686 vs 1733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1839 vs 343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
922
5345
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
216
537
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4178
15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.275
41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
227.879
971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.508
4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.582
40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.288
86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1733
3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1733
3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
343
1839
Name Intel HD Graphics 620 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
PassMark - G3D Mark 922 5345
PassMark - G2D Mark 216 537
Geekbench - OpenCL 4178 15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.275 41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 227.879 971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.508 4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.582 40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 30.288 86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1733 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1733 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 343 1839

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 620 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Kepler
Code name Kaby Lake GT2 GK104
Launch date 30 August 2016 10 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1334 554
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Price now $474.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.20

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 980 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 980 MHz
Floating-point performance 403.2 gflops 2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 1344
Texture fill rate 25.2 GTexel / s 102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1344
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 2 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256-bit GDDR5
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA