GeForce GTX 980MX vs UHD Graphics 620

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking802not rated
Place by popularity23not in top-100
Power efficiency12.71no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT2GM204
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1921664
Core clock speed300 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1178 MHz
Number of transistors189 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt148 Watt
Texture fill rate24.00122.5
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPS3.92 TFLOPS
ROPs364
TMUs24104

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeLPDDR3/DDR4GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount32 GB8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.1.126
CUDA-5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2017 1 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 148 Watt

UHD Graphics 620 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 886.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 620 and GeForce GTX 980MX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 620 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 980MX is a notebook one.


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