Intel UHD Graphics 630 vs Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Intel UHD Graphics 630 and Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 630
- + Generation 9.5 architecture
- + Coffee Lake GT2 codename
- + System Shared memory
- + Ring Bus interface
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell)
- + Blackwell 2.0 architecture
- + GB205-300-A1 codename
- + 12GB GDDR7 memory
- + PCIe 5.0 x16 interface
Pros & Cons
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No hardware ray tracing
- Older generation architecture
"A budget Intel UHD Graphics 630 integrated graphics with limited performance overall. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Generous 12GB VRAM
- Hardware ray tracing support
- DLSS upscaling support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A mid-range Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) graphics card with modest workstation performance (59/100). Suited for 1080p gaming and everyday tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | — | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | — | — | — | — | 111 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | — | — | — | — | 149 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | — | — | — | — | 112 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | — | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | — |
| Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | — | 112 |
| 1080p Ultra | — | 91 |
| 1440p Ultra | — | 66 |
| 4K Ultra | — | 37 |
| Margin of Error | — | High |
Benchmarks
| Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 438 | 12327 |
| Solar Bay | — | 69295 |
| Port Royal | — | — |
| Fire Strike | 1328 | 28339 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 762 | — |
| Night Raid | 5037 | — |
| Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 294 | 833 |
| DirectX 11 | 10 FPS | 224 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 5 FPS | 100 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 496 Ops/s | 7578 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Intel UHD Graphics 630 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 5810 | 167869 |
| Background Blur | 11.2 img/sec | 238.8 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 6.77 img/sec | 147.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.21 Gpixels/sec | 6.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.31 Gpixels/sec | 9.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.22 Gpixels/sec | 10.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.08 Gpixels/sec | 1.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 21.4 Gpixels/sec | 778.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 794.3 FPS | 23023.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Intel UHD Graphics 630 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 24473 | |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 44496 | |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 18924 | |
| Image Classification (SP) | 9790 | |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 28672 | |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 26553 | |
| Face Detection (HP) | 53161 | |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 120306 | |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3406 | |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5910 | |
| Object Detection (SP) | 12573 | |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 47957 | |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 199379 | |
| Framework | ONNX | |
| Backend | DirectML |
| Specification | Intel UHD Graphics 630 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Intel | Nvidia |
| Build | Integrated | Discrete |
| Released | 3-Apr-18 | 18-Mar-25 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 9.5 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Coffee Lake GT2 | GB205-300-A1 |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core i5 8300Hor above | -Intel Core Ultra 7 265HXor above |
| Specification | Intel UHD Graphics 630 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 350 MHz | 848-1605 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 1000-1250 MHz (configurable) | 1605-2430 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 192 | 5888 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 24 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 3 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 46 |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 46 | |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Intel UHD Graphics 630 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 3-4 GPixel/s | 128-194 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 24-30 GTexel/s | 295-447 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 0.4-0.5 TFLOPS | 18.9-28.6 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Intel UHD Graphics 630 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 15 W | 60-140 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 49 mm² | 263 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 0.19 billion | 31.1 billion |
| Transistor Density | 3.88 MTr/mm² | 118.25 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Intel UHD Graphics 630 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR7 |
| Specification | Intel UHD Graphics 630 ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 3000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.103 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3 |
| CUDA | 12 | |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 1.2 | 2.1b |
