Intel HD Graphics 620
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
Intel HD Graphics 620
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

673
Place in performance rating
257
Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Architecture
Maxwell
Kaby Lake GT2
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
Laptop
30 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$353
Price now
$489
1.44
Value for money
4.54
Kaby-Lake GT2
GPU code name
no data
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
1280
300 MHz
Core clock speed
1029 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
189 million
Transistor count
2x 1870 Million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
25.20
Texture fill rate
no data
403.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
24
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
189 million
Number of transistors
2x 1870 Million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
no data
no data
Laptop size
large
no data
SLI options
+

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI can be seen in this section.

DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Memory type
GDDR5
32 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2x 4 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
2x 128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
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Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI is the additional functionality.

no data
GPU Boost
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
no data
BatteryBoost
+
+
Quick Sync
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
no data
+
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel HD Graphics 620 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel HD Graphics 620
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 620
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 620
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 620
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 620
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 620

Cheaper ($353 vs $489)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 120 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (32 GB vs 2x 4 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI

21.33% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 192)

So, Intel HD Graphics 620 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI .

Intel HD Graphics 620 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 620
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M SLI