Intel UHD Graphics 630 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1178 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 120 Watt
Launch date 1 September 2017 vs 22 January 2015
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

  • 3.2x more core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 28.8 GTexel / s
  • 42.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 24
  • 5.2x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 460.8 gflops
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 1237
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 299
  • 4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 4657
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 27.517
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 792.44 vs 354.254
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 1.807
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.338 vs 20.323
  • 6.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 200.825 vs 29.327
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 1870
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 1596
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 3309
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 1870
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 1596
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 3309
  • 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 162 vs 68
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1127 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate 72 billion / sec vs 28.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 24
Floating-point performance 2,413 gflops vs 460.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6111 vs 1237
PassMark - G2D Mark 673 vs 299
Geekbench - OpenCL 18734 vs 4657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 73.733 vs 27.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 792.44 vs 354.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.888 vs 1.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.338 vs 20.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 200.825 vs 29.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7218 vs 1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 vs 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7218 vs 1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 vs 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335 vs 3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 162 vs 68

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1237
6111
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
299
673
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4657
18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.517
73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
354.254
792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.807
4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.323
35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.327
200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1870
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1596
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1870
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1596
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
68
162
Name Intel UHD Graphics 630 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark - G3D Mark 1237 6111
PassMark - G2D Mark 299 673
Geekbench - OpenCL 4657 18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.517 73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 354.254 792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.807 4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.323 35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 29.327 200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1870 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1596 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1870 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1596 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 68 162

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel UHD Graphics 630 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Coffee Lake GT2 GM206
Launch date 1 September 2017 22 January 2015
Place in performance rating 1234 514
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $229.99
Value for money (0-100) 34.63

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 1127 MHz
Floating-point performance 460.8 gflops 2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 1024
Texture fill rate 28.8 GTexel / s 72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 2,940 million
CUDA cores 1024

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
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)
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
SLI options 2x
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB / s
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost