NVIDIA GeForce 820M vs Intel HD Graphics

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820M and Intel HD Graphics 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 820M

Intel HD Graphics

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 300 MHz
7.7x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 96 vs 6
15.4x better floating-point performance: 240.0 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 490 vs 464
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1195 vs 470
149.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1195 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 March 2015 vs 5 January 2015
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 6
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	490 vs 464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1195 vs 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1195 vs 8

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 114
Around 91% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5315 vs 2789

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	193 vs 114
Geekbench - OpenCL	5315 vs 2789

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820M
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

490

464

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

114

193

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2789

5315

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1195

470

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1195

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 820M	Intel HD Graphics
PassMark - G3D Mark	490	464
PassMark - G2D Mark	114	193
Geekbench - OpenCL	2789	5315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	161.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.686
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	22.768
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1195	470
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1447
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1195	8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1447
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	847

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 820M	Intel HD Graphics
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Generation 8.0
Code name	GK107	Broadwell GT1
Launch date	21 March 2015	5 January 2015
Place in performance rating	1444	1384
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	15.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	96	6
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	6 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	1,300 million
Boost clock speed		850 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	System Shared
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers