Intel UHD Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

Intel UHD Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 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
9.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 148 Watt

Launch date	21 Aug 2019 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 148 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

3.8x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 28.80
8.7x more pipelines: 1664 vs 192
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.107 vs 22.935
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1225.96 vs 337.37
6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.737 vs 1.338
Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.714 vs 19.62
16.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 490.688 vs 29.757
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 293
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 1493

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 28.80
Pipelines	1664 vs 192
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.107 vs 22.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1225.96 vs 337.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.737 vs 1.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.714 vs 19.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	490.688 vs 29.757
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 293
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640 vs 1493

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22.935

105.107

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

337.37

1225.96

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.338

8.737

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.62

35.714

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

29.757

490.688

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

293

766

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1493

9640

Name	Intel UHD Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.935	105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	337.37	1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.338	8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.62	35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	29.757	490.688
PassMark - G2D Mark	293	766
PassMark - G3D Mark	1493	9640
Geekbench - OpenCL		28498
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		369

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel UHD Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Comet Lake GT2	GM204
Launch date	21 Aug 2019	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	1167	371
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1178 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	1664
Texture fill rate	28.80	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	148 Watt
Core clock speed		1050 MHz
CUDA cores		1664
Floating-point performance		3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Transistor count		5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
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		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		224 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		7.0 GB/s
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround