Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
  • 5.4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 81 Watt
  • 6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 903 vs 139
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 153
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 26 July 2004
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 81 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 903 vs 139
PassMark - G2D Mark 314 vs 153

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
903
139
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
314
153
Name Intel Iris Graphics 6100 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark 903 139
PassMark - G2D Mark 314 153
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404
Geekbench - OpenCL 3025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 6100 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Curie
Code name Broadwell GT3 NV40 A1
Launch date 5 January 2015 26 July 2004
Place in performance rating 1074 1070
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 130 nm
Pipelines 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 81 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 222 million
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 197 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 35.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

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