NVIDIA GeForce 800M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 800M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 800M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 457 vs 437
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 203 vs 126
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.91 vs 4.233
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 7.249 vs 7.151
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 March 2014 vs 23 August 2012
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 457 vs 437
PassMark - G2D Mark 203 vs 126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.91 vs 4.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.249 vs 7.151

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

  • 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
  • Around 79% better floating-point performance: 253.4 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
  • Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2108 vs 1303
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 161.144 vs 109.13
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 16.605 vs 15.218
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1032 vs 703
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1595 vs 1123
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 1601
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1032 vs 703
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1595 vs 1123
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 1601
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 96 vs 48
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2108 vs 1303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 161.144 vs 109.13
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.605 vs 15.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1032 vs 703
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1595 vs 1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 vs 1601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1032 vs 703
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1595 vs 1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 vs 1601

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
457
437
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
203
126
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1303
2108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.91
4.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
109.13
161.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.249
7.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.218
16.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
703
1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1601
2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
703
1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1601
2392
Name NVIDIA GeForce 800M NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
PassMark - G3D Mark 457 437
PassMark - G2D Mark 203 126
Geekbench - OpenCL 1303 2108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.91 4.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 109.13 161.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.249 7.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.218 16.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 703 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1123 1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1601 2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 703 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1123 1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1601 2392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.519

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 800M NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi
Code name GF117 GF108
Launch date 17 March 2014 23 August 2012
Place in performance rating 1503 1505
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 738 MHz
Floating-point performance 141.7 gflops 253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 96
Texture fill rate 5.904 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 585 million
Boost clock speed 715 MHz
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Blu-Ray
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Verde Drivers