In the title of this laptops description, it reads "4K UHD". But down the page in the Product Features, it reads "Intel UHD Graphic 620". To my understanding, those are two different specifications. Which is correct? Or are they the same thing? null

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Charlie · Accepted Answer

4K UHD is the resolution of the screen. Specifically, it's 3840 × 2160 pixels.
Intel 620 graphics is the embedded graphics driver that's part of the i7 processor.
A way to think about this is that the 620 graphics driver is controlling the 4k UHD screen. You do *not* need a dedicated graphics card to drive a 4k screen, but you can't play 3D games (like first person shooters) on this with decent results. For non-gaming or casual gaming uses, this will be just fine.

Paynekiller15 · Answer

The resolution of the screen is 4K, I do not own this laptop but I did spend at least 20 minutes in the store with their display models for this and a 1080p max resolution model and the difference was clear to me, it definitely does output at 4K, at a higher resolution at least. I did not use pictures and a simple eye test to to determine colors/clarity, but rather I placed objects of a specific size (900x700 pixels for example) to see how they fit onto the screen, and naturally it used up more of the 1080p screen.

As for the "Intel UHD Graphic 620".. I'm no expert on these graphics chips, but the UHD abbreviation would imply it is made for outputting the 4K resolutions.

dudicle · Answer

...and how would I get a computer with "dedicated" graphics to render if I am buying THIS computer? My point is that this ad/page is misleading and should be changed. To my knowledge, if I bought this computer, I would NOT have 4k UHD. Please confirm? And thanks to Jason.

Answered by dudicle 8 years ago

BillL · Answer

I suspect Charlie’s answer isn’t entirely correct. Being that this is intel’s latest most powerful flagship consumer processor and discreet graphic card (on chip), I would darn well expect I would be able play first person shooter games, and rather smoothly. However, lose some quality or frame rate with the really high end games, and not have much room to grow for new games coming out demanding the best resources. Can you please clarify Charlie if mine is a better answer or if I’m missing something? My information should be pretty credible since I work for Intel for 15 years as a chip designer, but I am not arrogant enough to say there may be an extenuating circumstance I’m not aware of? Thanks

Answered by BillL 8 years ago

HP Team · Answer

The Graphic 620 is the graphics processing chip found in the CPU. For 4K, you need a computer with dedicated graphics to render.

“In the title of this laptops description, it reads "4K UHD". But down the page in the Product Features, it reads "Intel UHD Graphic 620". To my understanding, those are two different specifications. Which is correct? Or are they the same thing?”

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