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NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M is an entry-level, DirectX 11 compatible graphics card that was announced in the first quarter of 2012 for laptops. Its core can be based on either the 40nm GF108 chip (similar to the GeForce GT 525M) or the new power-optimized 28nm GF117 chip with 64-bit or 128-bit DDR3 memory. Both architectures still stem directly from the Fermi generation.

It should be noted that the 28nm version of the GT 620M does not offer dedicated graphics ports and can therefore only be used in conjunction with Optimus. 

Architecture

The GF117 is based on the optimized GF108 Fermi chip (GeForce GT 540M) and offers 96 shaders, 16 TMUs and 4 ROPs. Each shader core is clocked twice as fast as the rest of the graphics chip, a technique known as hot clocking. More detailed information on Fermi can be found on the GT 435M GPU page.

Performance

The 128-bit version of the GeForce GT 620M (with turbo) performs similarly to the older GeForce GT 540M due to their similar clock rates and core architecture. Therefore, modern and demanding games are playable in low to medium settings at 1366x768 pixel resolution. The rumored 64-bit version will likely suffer from the reduced bandwidth and offer slower performance in comparison.

Features

The shader cores (also called CUDA cores) can be used for general calculations with APIs such as CUDA, DirectCompute 2.1 and OpenCL. PhysX is theoretically possible, but the GT 620M is too slow to handle both PhysX and 3D rendering for modern games. 3D Vision is not supported according to Nvidia.

Nvidia claims that the power consumption of the Geforce GT 620M should be below that of the GeForce GT 525M due to the improved efficiency of the GF117 architecture.

GeForce GT 600M Series

GeForce GT 650M SLI compare 768 @ 0.79 - 0.84 GHz2x 128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GT 650M compare 384 @ 0.74 - 0.9 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 - 4000 MHz
GeForce GT 645M compare 384 @ 0.71 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce GT 640M compare 384 @ 0.63 - 0.65 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 - 4000 MHz
GeForce GT 640M LE compare 384 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 - 4000 MHz
GeForce GT 635M compare 144 @ 0.66 - 0.75 GHz128/192 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce GT 630M compare 96 @ 0.67 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce GT 625M compare 96 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce GT 620M 96 @ 0.63 - 0.72 GHz64 / 128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameN13P-GLP / N13M-GS
ArchitectureFermi
Pipelines96 - unified
Core Speed625 - 715 (Boost) MHz
Shader Speed1250 MHz
Memory Speed1800 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 / 128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
technology40 nm
FeaturesPhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, Play, Optimus
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement22.03.2012

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
0.3 pt (1%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 793     avg: 1031     median: 1041.5 (1%)     max: 1145 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 697     avg: 924     median: 933.5 (1%)     max: 1032 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 3550     avg: 4131     median: 4219 (1%)     max: 4464 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 3205     avg: 3610     median: 3675.5 (2%)     max: 3898 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 4920     avg: 7010     median: 7462 (10%)     max: 8273 Points
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
specvp11 sw-02 +
specvp11 proe-05 +
specvp11 maya-03 +
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3304     avg: 4895     median: 4989 (4%)     max: 5683 points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 8.37     avg: 20.1     median: 22.2 (8%)     max: 27.41 fps
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1024x768
35  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
25.8  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
14.9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
39  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
25  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
18  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
50 54.5 ~ 52 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
36 43.6 ~ 40 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
31 38.4 ~ 35 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
36  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
18  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
16  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Fifa 13

Fifa 13

2012
low 1024x768
140 152 171 195.9 ~ 165 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
93 113 137.5 139 159 ~ 128 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
83 101.8 102 102 123 ~ 102 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
61.7 65 ~ 63 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
F1 2012

F1 2012

2012
low 1024x768
59  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
31  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
29  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
45 52.1 ~ 49 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
31 35.2 ~ 33 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21 29.6 ~ 25 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
68 75.4 82.3 86 88.9 90.5 ~ 82 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
46 48.7 49 52.3 56.1 62.3 ~ 52 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
29.1 34 36 43.1 48.1 53.1 ~ 41 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21.1  fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
42 48 49 51.1 53 ~ 49 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
29 31 33 35.9 36 ~ 33 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Alan Wake

Alan Wake

2012
low 1024x768
31.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
16.5  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
55.6 72 75.3 76.6 81.6 83 86.5 ~ 76 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
28.8 30.7 31.9 32.8 33 35.4 38 41.2 ~ 34 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
19 19.7 19.7 20.7 21 21.4 22 25.2 ~ 21 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
9.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
36.3 37.4 38 ~ 37 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
27.1 27.1 33 ~ 29 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
18 19.5 25 ~ 21 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
27.3 30.5 ~ 29 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
18.2 21 ~ 20 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
14 16.3 ~ 15 fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
low 800x600
245.3 288.5 ~ 267 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
84 154 160.8 ~ 133 fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
65.6 113.4 114.7 ~ 98 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
65.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
95.3  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
40.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
136  fps    + Compare
med. 1360x768
46  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
26  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Risen

Risen

2009
med. 1024x768
33  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
20.4  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Hitman: Absolution3525.814.9
Medal of Honor: Warfighter392518
Dishonored524035
World of Tanks v8361816
Fifa 1316512810263
F1 2012593129
Dirt Showdown493325
Diablo III82524121.12
Mass Effect 3493321.8
Alan Wake31.716.5
Anno 20707634219.87
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim372921
Battlefield 3292015
Fifa 122671339865.8
Deus Ex Human Revolution95.340.3
StarCraft 21364626
Risen3320.4
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Radeon PRO W6600M *

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