Intel HD Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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), 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 147
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5315 vs 2498
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 27 November 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 vs 147
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 vs 2498

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 9.5x more texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
  • 16x more pipelines: 96 vs 6
  • 19.1x better floating-point performance: 297.6 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 560 vs 462
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1263 vs 470
  • 157.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1263 vs 8
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 6
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 560 vs 462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1263 vs 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1263 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
462
560
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
193
147
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5315
2498
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
470
1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8
1263
Name Intel HD Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
PassMark - G3D Mark 462 560
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 147
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 2498
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 470 1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8 1263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 161.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2479
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3327
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2479
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3327

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Broadwell GT1 GF117
Launch date 5 January 2015 27 November 2013
Place in performance rating 1366 1368
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 15.6 gflops 297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 6 96
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s 12.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz