Intel UHD Graphics 617 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 617 and NVIDIA GeForce 940M 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel UHD Graphics 617

NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 617

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
893x more texture fill rate: 25.20 GTexel/s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 232 vs 154

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 November 2018 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate	25.20 GTexel/s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	232 vs 154

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

3.6x more core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1050 MHz
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5931 vs 3292
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1313
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1313
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 1461
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 1461
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1633
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1633
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1126 vs 874

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1072 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5931 vs 3292
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2132 vs 1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2132 vs 1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3065 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3065 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1633
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1633
PassMark - G3D Mark	1126 vs 874

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 617
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3292

5931

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1313

2132

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1313

2132

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

3065

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

3065

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1633

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1633

3357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

232

154

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

874

1126

Name	Intel UHD Graphics 617	NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Geekbench - OpenCL	3292	5931
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1313	2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1313	2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1461	3065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1461	3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1633	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1633	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	232	154
PassMark - G3D Mark	874	1126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		101.399
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		506

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel UHD Graphics 617	NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Maxwell
Code name	Amber Lake GT2	GM108
Launch date	7 November 2018	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1223	1226
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1072 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	100.8 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	806.4 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	403.2 GFLOPS
Pipelines	24	384
Pixel fill rate	3.150 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	25.20 GTexel/s	28.22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	33 Watt
Floating-point performance		903.2 gflops
Transistor count		1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus