NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs Intel HD Graphics 615

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and Intel HD Graphics 615 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Intel HD Graphics 615

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.8x more core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1379 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 403.2 gflops

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 30 August 2016
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops vs 403.2 gflops

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 615

4x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 20 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt vs 20 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 615

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	Intel HD Graphics 615
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		705
PassMark - G2D Mark		186
Geekbench - OpenCL		3050
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		215.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		11.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		18.292
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2409

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	Intel HD Graphics 615
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Generation 9.5
Code name	GP108	Kaby Lake GT2
Launch date	12 March 2018	30 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	1484	1485
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	403.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	384	24
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	25.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	5 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3L / LPDDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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