Greetings,

so there are two kinds of graphics cards:

- Integrated

- Dedicated

The Intel UHD 620 is an integrated version which is not meant for gaming and such. For more graphic intensive tasks such as high level designing in CAD or Catia you'd probably require a dedicated graphics card.

Now, you cannot fix the graphics problem by upgrading to a laptop with core i5 in it, graphics cards (dedicated ones) are specifically mentioned and marketed while selling laptops. some basic ones include Nvidia GeForce MX150/MX250 and some gaming ones include GTX960, GTX1050, etc.

- as an ECE student, if you plan on delving into design or some AI related model testing then buy a laptop with a strong  GPU (graphics card), otherwise for normal tasks like making projects, watching videos, etc. your laptop is just fine.

good day!

Hi. I guess you are asking about intel uhd and intel hd graphics. So let me brief you about both of them and you can yourself choose the better one. Here I am considering Intel UHD graphics 620 and Intel HD graphics 620.

Intel UHD Graphics 620

It is  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).  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. 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.

Intel HD Graphics 620

It is an integrated graphics unit, which can be found in various ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) processors of the Koby Lake generation. The exact performance of the HD Graphics 620 depends on various factors like L3 cache size, memory configuration (DDR3/DDR4) and maximum clock rate of the specific model but is very similar to the old HD Graphics 520 GPU. That means only some less demanding recent games like Farming Simulator 17 run fluently in low detail settings.

Hope this helps.

Yes you can a job in Intel. But for that you will have to learn various Software's. I will list down those names down below, but before that let me name few topics from your Electronics Background.

Brush up your Digital Electronics, Verilog, Basics of Electronics, Modulation and little bit of Antenna.

Try to learn software like Mentor(IC Studio), Cadence, Hspice, Modelsim, Cadence, Matlab, Pspice, Microcap. You may have access to some of these. Out of these Cadence and Mentor are very relevant software for the digital design.

All the best!!