Intel Iris Graphics 5100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 5100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

Intel Iris Graphics 5100

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 106 Watt

Launch date	27 May 2013 vs 15 March 2011
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 106 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

3.9x more core clock speed: 783 MHz vs 200 MHz
4.8x more pipelines: 192 vs 40
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3360 vs 1019
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3360 vs 1019
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3313 vs 1668
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3313 vs 1668

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	783 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	192 vs 40
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3360 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3360 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3313 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3313 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1668

3313

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1668

3313

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	745
PassMark - G2D Mark	270
Geekbench - OpenCL	4023
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1019	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1019	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1668	3313
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1668	3313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		422.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.255
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		25.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		49.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2166

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Haswell GT3	GF116
Launch date	27 May 2013	15 March 2011
Place in performance rating	1182	1185
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	783 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	40	192
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	1,170 million
Floating-point performance		601.3 gflops
Texture fill rate		25.06 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		57.7 GB / s
Memory clock speed		3608 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync