Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Graphics 540

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 17 April 2007
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

2x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 300 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	1262
PassMark - G2D Mark	319
Geekbench - OpenCL	6296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 540	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Skylake GT3e	G84
Launch date	1 September 2015	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1058	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	48	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	289 million
Floating-point performance		92.8 gflops
Texture fill rate		9.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		24 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz
Technologies
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