Intel UHD Graphics 630 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1176 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 300 vs 245
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 300 vs 245

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 28.8 GTexel / s
  • 26.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 24
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 460.8 gflops
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3370 vs 1239
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10976 vs 4653
  • Around 97% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 27.517
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 354.254
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 1.807
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 20.323
  • 6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 29.327
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 1870
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 1596
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3309
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 1870
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 1596
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3309
  • 2.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1231 vs 420
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1096 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s vs 28.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 24
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops vs 460.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3370 vs 1239
Geekbench - OpenCL 10976 vs 4653
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 vs 27.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 vs 354.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 vs 1.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 vs 20.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 vs 29.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 vs 1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 vs 1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1231 vs 420

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1239
3370
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
300
245
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4653
10976
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.517
54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
354.254
795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.807
3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.323
51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.327
174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1870
5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1596
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1870
5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1596
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
420
1231
Name Intel UHD Graphics 630 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1239 3370
PassMark - G2D Mark 300 245
Geekbench - OpenCL 4653 10976
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.517 54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 354.254 795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.807 3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.323 51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 29.327 174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1870 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1596 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1870 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1596 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 420 1231

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel UHD Graphics 630 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Maxwell
Code name Coffee Lake GT2 GM107
Launch date 1 September 2017 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1228 765
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 1096 MHz
Floating-point performance 460.8 gflops 1,505 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 640
Texture fill rate 28.8 GTexel / s 47.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,870 million
CUDA cores 640

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI