Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 vs Intel UHD Graphics 620

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, vs Intel UHD Graphics 620. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 and Intel UHD Graphics 620
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
n/a
Intel UHD Graphics 620
327
Time Spyn/a361
Fire Striken/a1155
Night Raidn/a5104
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
28989
Intel UHD Graphics 620
5288
Background Blur77.1 frames/s10.4 frames/s
Face Detection38.1 frames/s6.19 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.28 Gpix/sec0.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.08 Gpix/sec0.27 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.85 Gpix/sec0.18 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.17 Gpix/sec0.07 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching92.9 Gpix/sec20.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2443 fps769 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
9638
Intel UHD Graphics 620
1042
G2D Mark766241
DirectX 1171 fps8 fps
DirectX 1241 fps5 fps
GPU Compute4083 Ops/s442 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
46.8 fps
Intel UHD Graphics 620
5.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)275.6 fps35.2 fps
Car Chase273.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)237.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex1112.2 fpsn/a
ALU 25981 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2250.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1804.1n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced September, 19, 2014 August, 28, 2018
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Generation 9.5
Codename GM204 Whiskey Lake GT2
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1050 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1178 MHz 1000-1150 MHz
Shader Units 1664 192
TMUs 104 24
ROPs 56 3
Execution Units 13 24
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 66 Gpix/sec 3 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 24-28 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 0.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Ring Bus
TGP 148 W 15 W
Process TSMC Intel
Process tech. 28 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 398 mm² 49 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 0.19 billion
Transistor density 12.56 MTr/mm² 3.88 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 4 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
224.4 GB/s
Intel UHD Graphics 620
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.1.103
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 n/a
DisplayPort 1.2 1.2
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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