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.
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.
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.
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.
Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
GeForce GT 600M Series | |
Codename | N13P-GLP / N13M-GS |
Architecture | Fermi |
Pipelines | 96 - unified |
Core Speed | 625 - 715 (Boost) MHz |
Shader Speed | 1250 MHz |
Memory Speed | 1800 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 64 / 128 Bit |
Memory Type | DDR3 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 1024 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
DirectX | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 |
technology | 28 / 40 nm |
Features | PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, Play, Optimus |
Notebook Size | medium sized |
Date of Announcement | 22.03.2012 |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
5.1 pt (5%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 3908 avg: 4023 median: 4022.5 (5%) max: 4137 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 5261 avg: 5269 median: 5269 (3%) max: 5277 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 695 avg: 696 median: 696 (2%) max: 697 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 734 avg: 738 median: 737.5 (1%) max: 741 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 28021 avg: 47802 median: 55489 (7%) max: 59895 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 793 avg: 1031 median: 1041.5 (2%) max: 1145 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 697 avg: 924 median: 933.5 (2%) max: 1032 Points
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 3550 avg: 4131 median: 4219 (4%) max: 4464 Points
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 3205 avg: 3610 median: 3675.5 (3%) max: 3898 Points
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3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
19622 Points (10%)
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 13823 avg: 14377 median: 14376.5 (21%) max: 14930 Points
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +min: 4920 avg: 7010 median: 7462 (14%) max: 8273 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 -2%
ATI Radeon HD 5570 2%
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
9.1 fps (2%)
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SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
2.6 fps (2%)
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 2.61 |
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 2.61 |
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specvp11 tcvis-02 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
0.8 fps (1%)
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 0.77 |
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 0.77 |
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specvp11 sw-02 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
7.5 fps (9%)
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 7.53 |
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 7.53 |
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specvp11 proe-05 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
0.9 fps (4%)
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 0.88 |
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 0.88 |
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specvp11 maya-03 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
6.4 fps (5%)
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 6.4 |
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 6.4 |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -77%
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specvp11 lightwave-01 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
9.3 fps (10%)
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 9.26 |
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 9.26 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1%
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specvp11 ensight-04 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
9.8 fps (5%)
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 9.8 |
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 9.8 |
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specvp11 catia-03 +SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
4.1 fps (5%)
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 4.13 |
Samsung 310E5C-U01PL | B970 | 4 GB | | 1 GB | 4.13 |
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 6.5 avg: 6.6 median: 6.6 (84%) max: 6.6 Points
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 4.6 avg: 5.7 median: 5.8 (73%) max: 6.6 Points
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3304 avg: 4895 median: 4989 (24%) max: 5683 points
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 8.37 avg: 20 median: 22.2 (10%) max: 27.41 fps
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
521 points (1%)
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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.
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ATI Radeon HD 5850 -6%
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ATI Radeon HD 5850 26%
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