Intel Iris Graphics 5100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 5100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition 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).

Intel Iris Graphics 5100

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1058 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
6.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 195 Watt

Launch date	27 May 2013 vs 3 April 2013
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 195 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

5x more core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 200 MHz
38.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 40

Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	1536 vs 40

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	738
PassMark - G2D Mark	268
Geekbench - OpenCL	4035
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1668

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Kepler
Code name	Haswell GT3	GK104
Launch date	27 May 2013	3 April 2013
Place in performance rating	1205	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1058 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1006 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	40	1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	195 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	3,540 million
Floating-point performance		3,250 gflops
Texture fill rate		135.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 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	256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		192.3 GB / s
Memory clock speed		6008 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
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