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Game | Intel HD Pentium G1620 | Intel Q43 Express Chipset |
Hitman 3 | 4301% | 6769% |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 3283% | 5180% |
Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 2994% | 4729% |
FIFA 21 | 1607% | 2564% |
Grand Theft Auto VI | 4660% | 7330% |
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 2894% | 4573% |
Resident Evil 8 | 3283% | 5180% |
Genshin Impact | 3283% | 5180% |
Far Cry 6 | 4795% | 7540% |
The Medium | 4122% | 6489% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel HD Pentium G1620 are significantly better than the Intel Q43 Express Chipset.
The HD Pentium G1620 was released over three years more recently than the Q43 Express Chipset, and so the HD Pentium G1620 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the Q43 Express Chipset when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very poor performance, so rather than upgrading from one to the other you should consider looking at more powerful GPUs. Neither of these will be able to run the latest games in any playable way.
The HD Pentium G1620 and the Q43 Express Chipset have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The HD Pentium G1620 has 21.3 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Q43 Express Chipset, which means that the memory performance of the HD Pentium G1620 is slightly better than the Q43 Express Chipset.
The HD Pentium G1620 has 16 Shader Processing Units but the Q43 Express Chipset does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The HD Pentium G1620 requires 55 Watts to run but there is no entry for the Q43 Express Chipset.
Core Speed | 650 MHz | ![]() | vs | 533 MHz | |
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Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
Architecture | Ivy Bridge | Eaglelake | |||
OC Potential | None |
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Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
Release Date | 22 Jan 2013 | ![]() | vs | 01 Aug 2008 | |
GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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Comparison |
Memory | N/A | vs | N/A | ||
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Memory Speed | 667 MHz | ![]() | vs | - | |
Memory Bus | 128 Bit | ![]() | vs | - | |
Memory Type | DDR3 | ![]() | vs | ![]() | DDR3 |
Memory Bandwidth | 21.3GB/sec | ![]() | vs | - | |
L2 Cache | - | vs | - | ||
Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
Memory Performance | 0% | ![]() |
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Comparison |
Shader Processing Units | 16 | ![]() | vs | - | |
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Actual Shader Performance | 2% | ![]() | vs | - | |
Technology | 22nm | ![]() | vs | - | |
Texture Mapping Units | 2 | ![]() | vs | - | |
Texture Rate | 1.3 GTexel/s | ![]() | vs | - | |
Render Output Units | 2 | ![]() | vs | - | |
Pixel Rate | 1.3 GPixel/s | ![]() | vs | - | |
Comparison |
Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | - | vs | - | ||
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VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
Comparison |
Max Power | 55 Watts | - | |||
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Recommended PSU | - | - |
DirectX | 11.1 | ![]() | vs | 10 | |
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Shader Model | 5.0 | ![]() | vs | 4.0 | |
Open GL | 4.0 | ![]() | vs | 2.1 | |
Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
Dedicated | no | vs | no | ||
Comparison |
Recommended Processor | - | - | |||
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Recommended RAM | 4 GB | - | |||
Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1024x768 | ![]() | - |
Performance Value | ![]() |
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Mini Review | Intel HD Pentium G1620 is a specific version of the Intel HD Graphics that comes embedded on the CPU 'Pentium G1620 2.7GHz'. It's based on the Ivy Bridge architecture, meaning it features 6 SPUs. The GPU's clock is initially set at 550MHz and can go to up to 1050MHz. The max memory type supported is DDR3 1333MHz - therefore, the GFU's max memory clock is 667MHz. Intel HD Pentium G1620's gaming performance is very limited and so most games will have to be played at very reduced settings while extremely demanding games are probably out of the question. | Intel Q43 Express Chipset comes embedded on the Intel Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo CPUS and features an Integrated GPU called Intel GMA X4500. Various Intel Chipsets come with the Intel GMA X4500 but this one (and the Q45) seem to deliver the best performance. However, due to its characteristics (e.g. Shared Memory) the performance is still very limited but might be enough to play today's games at low or medium settings excluding, however, very demanding games like Metro 2033 or The Witcher II, that are probably unplayable, even at the lowest settings. Note 1: Intel GMA X4500 does support DirectX 10 but even the most forgiving games might be unplayable due to the demand level. |
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Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
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Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
GPU Variants | - | - |