Intel UHD Graphics 617 vs Intel UHD Graphics 620
Intel UHD Graphics 617
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The Intel UHD Graphics 617 (GT2) is a low-end integrated graphics unit, which can be found in the Y-series of the Amber-Lake generation. This "GT2" version offers 24 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at up to 1050 MHz (depending on the CPU model). Due to its lack of dedicated graphics memory or eDRAM cache, the UHD 617 has to access the main memory (2x 64bit DDR3L/LPDDR3). Compared to the old HD Graphics 615 in Kaby-Lake-Y CPUs, the UHD 617 is the same GPU with slightly different clock speeds (depending on the model) and slight power/performance improvements due to the improved 14nm++ process. Compared to the similar UHD Graphics 615 in other Amber Lake models, the 617 looks to be higher clocked (+50 MHz) and has more headroom due to the higher TDP of 7 versus 5 Watt.
Performance
The 3D performance of the UHD 617 depends on the CPU model and the cooling / TDP-setting of the laptop. Furthermore, the used main memory (single channel, DDR3(L), amount) is influencing performance. On average the UHD graphics 617 should be very similar to the Kaby-Lake HD Graphics 615 due to the same architecture and similar speeds. That means that only low demanding games like Farming Simulator 17 or Rocket League are playable in lowest detail settings.
Features
The revised video engine in the HD 615 and UHD 615 / 617 now supports H.265/HEVC Main10 profile in hardware with 10 bit colors. Furthermore, Googles VP9 codec can also be hardware decoded. The UHD 617 should support HDCP 2.2 and therefore Netflix 4K. HDMI 2.0 however is still only supported with an external converter chip (LSPCon).
Power Consumption
The UHD Graphics 617 can be found in Y processors with 7 W TDP and is therefore suited for very thin, mostly passively cooled subnotebooks like the MacBook Air 2018.
Intel UHD Graphics 620
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The Intel UHD Graphics 620 (GT2) is an integrated graphics unit, which can be found in various ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) processors of the Kaby Lake Refresh generation (8th generation Core). Compared to the similar named Intel HD Graphics 620 in the 2016 Kaby Lake CPUs, only the name changed from HD to UHD. It is clocked with up to 1.150 MHz and therefore 100 MHz higher than the old HD Graphics 620 (max. 1.050 MHz) and offer a comparable performance. Due to its lack of dedicated graphics memory or eDRAM cache, the HD 620 has to access the main memory (2x 64bit DDR3/DDR4).
Performance
The exact performance of the UHD Graphics 620 depends on various factors like L3 cache size, memory configuration (DDR3/DDR4) and maximum clock rate of the specific model and as is similar to the Intel HD Graphics 620 and Intel HD Graphics 630. Compared to the average HD Graphics 620, the UHD graphics profits from the quad-core CPU a bit in our gaming benchmarks. Therefore, should be positioned between a GeForce 910M and 920M dedicated graphics card from Nvidia. For games, the drivers however are not that fast updated and tested as with GeForce graphics cards. In our tests, the UHD 620 is most suited for casual games like Team Fortress 2, Rocket League or Farming Simulator 17. See below for a list of modern games tested with various models.
Features
The revised video engine now supports H.265/HEVC Main10 profile in hardware with 10 bit colors. Furthermore, Googles VP9 codec can also be hardware decoded. The first models do not support HDCP 2.2 and therefore Netflix 4K. This was added with the new models in 2017 and beginning of May 2017 also the older CPU models like the i3-7100U are now shipped with a new S-Spec Code that supports HDCP 2.2. HDMI 2.0 however is still only supported with an external converter chip (LSPCon).
Power Consumption
The UHD Graphics 620 can be found in mobile processors specified at 15 W TDP and is therefore suited for compact laptops and ultrabooks. The power consumption during playing The Witcher 3 (with an external monitor) was comparable to a Intel HD Graphics 620 based laptop and on the lowest end of all of our measurements. Dedicated GPUs, like the GeForce 940MX, needed a lot more power.
| Intel UHD Graphics 617 | Intel UHD Graphics 620 |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Gen. 9.5 Series | | |
| Codename | Kaby-Lake GT2 | Kaby-Lake-Refresh GT2 |
| Architecture | Gen. 9 Amber Lake | Gen. 9.5 |
| Pipelines | 24 - unified | 24 - unified |
| Core Speed | 300 - 1150 (Boost) MHz | 300? - 1150 (Boost) MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 64/128 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3L/LPDDR3 | DDR3/DDR4 |
| Shared Memory | yes | yes |
| DirectX | DirectX 12_1 | DirectX 12_1 |
| technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Features | QuickSync | QuickSync |
| Date of Announcement | 30.10.2018 | 01.09.2017 |
| | CPU in UHD Graphics 620 | GPU Base Speed | GPU Boost / Turbo |
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| Intel Core i7-10810U | 6 x 1100 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | ? MHz | | Intel Core i7-10710U | 6 x 1100 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1150 MHz | | Intel Core i7-10610U | 4 x 1800 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1150 MHz | | » show 15 more | | Intel Core i7-10510U | 4 x 1800 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1150 MHz | | Intel Core i5-10310U | 4 x 1700 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | ? MHz | | Intel Core i7-8665U | 4 x 1900 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1150 MHz | | Intel Core i7-8650U | 4 x 1900 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1150 MHz | | Intel Core i5-10210U | 4 x 1600 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1100 MHz | | Intel Core i7-8565U | 4 x 1800 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1150 MHz | | Intel Core i5-8365U | 4 x 1600 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1100 MHz | | Intel Core i5-8265U | 4 x 1600 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1100 MHz | | Intel Core i7-8550U | 4 x 1800 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1150 MHz | | Intel Core i5-8350U | 4 x 1700 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1100 MHz | | Intel Core i5-8250U | 4 x 1600 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1100 MHz | | Intel Core i3-10110U | 2 x 2100 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1000 MHz | | Intel Core i3-8145U | 2 x 2100 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1000 MHz | | Intel Core i3-8130U | 2 x 2200 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 1000 MHz | | Intel Celeron 5205U | 2 x 1900 MHz, 15 W | 300 MHz | 900 MHz | | min. - max. | | 300 MHz | 900 - 1150 MHz |
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Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - UHD Graphics 620
6.8 pt (7%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 1333%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 322 avg: 330 median: 329.5 (2%) max: 337 Points
min: 343 avg: 434 median: 435 (2%) max: 512 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 286 avg: 293 median: 293 (1%) max: 300 Points
min: 299 avg: 378 median: 379 (2%) max: 443 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
77156 Points (12%)
min: 65949 avg: 89052 median: 88807 (14%) max: 115515 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 29002 avg: 43200 median: 42660 (6%) max: 59483 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
4841 Points (6%)
min: 5821 avg: 8157 median: 8125 (11%) max: 10960 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
7231 Points (4%)
min: 6910 avg: 9221 median: 9309.5 (5%) max: 11436 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 845 avg: 890 median: 889.5 (2%) max: 934 Points
min: 538 avg: 1055 median: 1070.5 (3%) max: 1298 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 947 avg: 997 median: 997 (2%) max: 1047 Points
min: 557 avg: 1152 median: 1163.5 (2%) max: 1420 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 13790 avg: 68374 median: 67512 (9%) max: 102010 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1632 avg: 1672 median: 1671.5 (4%) max: 1711 Points
min: 1175 avg: 1927 median: 1935 (5%) max: 2283 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1509 avg: 1541 median: 1540.5 (3%) max: 1572 Points
min: 1235 avg: 1743 median: 1744 (3%) max: 2006 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel UHD Graphics 620 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
7761 Points (8%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel UHD Graphics 620 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
6341 Points (6%)
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
34467 Points (36%)
| Honor Magicbook | i5-8250U | 8192 | 1468 / MHz | | 34467 |
8662 Points (16%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 min: 7653 avg: 10759 median: 10622 (20%) max: 14158 Points
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 4.7 avg: 5.1 median: 5.1 (3%) max: 5.5 fps
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
19.2 fps (6%)
| Honor Magicbook | i5-8250U | 8192 | 1468 / MHz | | 19.2 |
specvp12 sw-03 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 17.99 avg: 23.9 median: 24.1 (10%) max: 28.71 fps
specvp12 snx-02 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 2.49 avg: 2.7 median: 2.7 (1%) max: 2.98 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 5 avg: 6.8 median: 6.8 (3%) max: 8.35 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 2.62 avg: 3.8 median: 2.9 (3%) max: 9.17 fps
specvp12 maya-04 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 4.27 avg: 11.8 median: 13 (6%) max: 15.71 fps
specvp12 energy-01 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 0.22 avg: 0.3 median: 0.2 (1%) max: 0.81 fps
specvp12 creo-01 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 7.9 avg: 12.4 median: 12.9 (7%) max: 14.42 fps
specvp12 catia-04 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 7.38 avg: 13.3 median: 13.8 (5%) max: 16.55 fps
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
min: 10.98 avg: 13.2 median: 13 (4%) max: 15.22 fps
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 27.99 avg: 32.4 median: 31.9 (15%) max: 37.6 fps
specvp13 snx-03 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 4.37 avg: 4.9 median: 4.9 (1%) max: 5.37 fps
specvp13 showcase-02 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
min: 4.99 avg: 6.7 median: 6.8 (3%) max: 8.34 fps
specvp13 medical-02 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
min: 1.96 avg: 2.1 median: 2.2 (2%) max: 2.26 fps
specvp13 maya-05 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 15.66 avg: 19.4 median: 19.6 (4%) max: 22.97 fps
specvp13 energy-02 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 0.21 avg: 1.3 median: 1.1 (2%) max: 2.85 fps
specvp13 creo-02 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 15.15 avg: 17.1 median: 17 (5%) max: 18.88 fps
specvp13 catia-05 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 17.43 avg: 20.2 median: 20 (5%) max: 23.37 fps
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + Intel UHD Graphics 620 SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 10.82 avg: 13.1 median: 13.1 (4%) max: 15.01 fps
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel UHD Graphics 620 Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 5525 avg: 8174 median: 8194 (39%) max: 20592
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel UHD Graphics 620 Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 23.54 avg: 41.5 median: 41.3 (18%) max: 54.5 fps
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel UHD Graphics 617 Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 34.7 avg: 39.1 median: 39.1 (11%) max: 43.5 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel UHD Graphics 620 min: 30.56 avg: 49.7 median: 48.8 (14%) max: 97.8 fps
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