NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 and NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 11.2 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
  • 3.4x better floating-point performance: 268.8 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 377 vs 124
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 57
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 11.2 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 32
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 377 vs 124
PassMark - G2D Mark 159 vs 57

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

  • Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 49 Watt
  • 1600x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1701 vs 1683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1701 vs 1683
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt vs 49 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1701 vs 1683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1701 vs 1683

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
377
124
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
159
57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1683
1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1683
1701
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 377 124
PassMark - G2D Mark 159 57
Geekbench - OpenCL 1544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1683 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1683 1701

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G84
Launch date 15 May 2012 1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99
Place in performance rating 1545 1549
Price now $39.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 13.32

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 625 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 96 32
Texture fill rate 11.2 billion / sec 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 29 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-HE
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0