Intel UHD Graphics 630 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M 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 UHD Graphics 630

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 4.8x more texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 460.8 gflops vs 192 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1241 vs 396
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 301 vs 88
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4646 vs 1583
  • 6.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 27.491 vs 4.329
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 340.911 vs 162.162
  • 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.785 vs 0.426
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 29.514 vs 12.306
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1870 vs 737
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3309 vs 2906
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1870 vs 737
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3309 vs 2906
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2017 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 28.8 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec
Floating-point performance 460.8 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1241 vs 396
PassMark - G2D Mark 301 vs 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 4646 vs 1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.491 vs 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 340.911 vs 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.785 vs 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 29.514 vs 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1870 vs 737
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 vs 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1870 vs 737
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 vs 2906

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

  • 2.9x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 4x more pipelines: 96 vs 24
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 1596
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 1596
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines 96 vs 24
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1731 vs 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1731 vs 1596

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1241
396
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
301
88
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4646
1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.491
4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
340.911
162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.785
0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.514
12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1870
737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1596
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1870
737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1596
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
2906
Name Intel UHD Graphics 630 NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1241 396
PassMark - G2D Mark 301 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 4646 1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.491 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 340.911 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.785 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 29.514 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1870 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1596 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1870 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1596 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 2906
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 420

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel UHD Graphics 630 NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Fermi
Code name Coffee Lake GT2 GF108
Launch date 1 September 2017 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1241 1518
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 460.8 gflops 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 24 96
Texture fill rate 28.8 GTexel / s 6.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type (G)DDR3

Technologies

Quick Sync
CUDA