UHD Graphics 617 vs HD Graphics 620

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Combined performance score

HD Graphics 620
2.41
+28.2%

HD Graphics 620 outperforms UHD Graphics 617 by 28% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking799865
Place by popularity70not in top-100
Value for money0.560.67
ArchitectureGen. 9.5 Kaby Lake (2015−2017)Gen. 9 Amber Lake (2018)
GPU code nameKaby-Lake GT2Kaby-Lake GT2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 August 2016 (7 years old)30 October 2018 (5 years old)
Current price$353 $950
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

UHD Graphics 617 has 20% better value for money than HD Graphics 620.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2424
Core clock speed300 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1150 MHz
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate25.2025.20
Floating-point performance403.2 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 620 and UHD Graphics 617 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x1PCIe 3.0 x1

Memory

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4DDR3L/LPDDR3
Maximum RAM amount32 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory++

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Technologies

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

Quick Sync++

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.1
Vulkan+1.1.103

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 620 2.41
+28.2%
UHD Graphics 617 1.88

HD Graphics 620 outperforms UHD Graphics 617 by 28% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD Graphics 620 935
+8.5%
UHD Graphics 617 862

HD Graphics 620 outperforms UHD Graphics 617 by 8% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD Graphics 620 1509
UHD Graphics 617 1541
+2.1%

UHD Graphics 617 outperforms HD Graphics 620 by 2% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD Graphics 620 934
UHD Graphics 617 997
+6.7%

UHD Graphics 617 outperforms HD Graphics 620 by 7% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD Graphics 620 7725
+6.8%
UHD Graphics 617 7231

HD Graphics 620 outperforms UHD Graphics 617 by 7% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

HD Graphics 620 79067
+2.5%
UHD Graphics 617 77156

HD Graphics 620 outperforms UHD Graphics 617 by 2% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD14
−7.1%
15
+7.1%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 6
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 11
+267%
3−4
−267%
Hitman 3 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5
−60%
8−9
+60%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Hitman 3 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5
+0%
5−6
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Hitman 3 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

This is how HD Graphics 620 and UHD Graphics 617 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • UHD Graphics 617 is 7.1% faster than HD Graphics 620

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD Graphics 620 is 500% faster than the UHD Graphics 617.
  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics 617 is 60% faster than the HD Graphics 620.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD Graphics 620 is ahead in 35 tests (76%)
  • UHD Graphics 617 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (22%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.41 1.88
Recency 30 August 2016 30 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB System Shared

The HD Graphics 620 is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics 617 in performance tests.


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