NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M vs Intel HD Graphics 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M and Intel HD Graphics 3000 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 620M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 8x more pipelines: 96 vs 12
  • 12.4x better floating-point performance: 253.4 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 432 vs 261
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 126 vs 35
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1595 vs 1137
  • 23.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 101
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1595 vs 1137
  • 23.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 101
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 August 2012 vs 1 February 2011
Pipelines 96 vs 12
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 432 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 126 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1595 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 vs 101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1595 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 vs 101

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

  • Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 715 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 715 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
432
261
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
126
35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1595
1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1595
1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
101
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M Intel HD Graphics 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark 432 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 126 35
Geekbench - OpenCL 2141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 161.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1595 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1032
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1595 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 101

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M Intel HD Graphics 3000

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Generation 6.0
Code name GF108 Sandy Bridge GT2
Launch date 23 August 2012 1 February 2011
Place in performance rating 1500 1604
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 715 MHz 1100 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops 20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 96 12
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 995 million
Core clock speed 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.7 GTexel / s

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 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0 1
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit

Technologies

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