Intel HD Graphics P630 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics P630 and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics P630

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P630

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
27.2x more maximum memory size: 1740 MB vs 64 MB
240.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1204 vs 5
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 168

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 August 2016 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1740 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	295 vs 168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics P630
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1204

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

295

168

Name	Intel HD Graphics P630	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	295	168
Geekbench - OpenCL	4984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	979
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3049
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3049

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics P630	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Celsius
Code name	Kaby Lake GT2	NV17 A3
Launch date	5 August 2016	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1025	1024
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	29 million
Texture fill rate		1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	8.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1740 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	SDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		1.328 GB / s
Memory clock speed		166 MHz
Technologies
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