Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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).

Intel Iris Graphics 6100

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 900 vs 454
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 313 vs 56
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 3304
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 3304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2015 vs 21 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	900 vs 454
PassMark - G2D Mark	313 vs 56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331 vs 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331 vs 3304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.3x more pipelines: 112 vs 48
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2845 vs 1139
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2845 vs 1139

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	112 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2845 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2845 vs 1139

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

900

454

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

313

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1139

2845

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1139

2845

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3331

3304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3331

3304

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	900	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	313	56
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	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1139	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331	3304

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Tesla
Code name	Broadwell GT3	G92
Launch date	5 January 2015	21 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1085	1063
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$160
Price now		$103.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.86
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	112
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Floating-point performance		336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		33.6 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
Quick Sync
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI