Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 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), 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).

Intel Iris Graphics 6100

NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Launch date	5 January 2015 vs 14 May 2011
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

2.4x more core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 300 MHz
3x more pipelines: 144 vs 48
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1105 vs 897
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 325 vs 313
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1893 vs 1404
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1893 vs 1404
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3635 vs 3023
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3323 vs 1139
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3323 vs 1139
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3331
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3331

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	144 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1105 vs 897
PassMark - G2D Mark	325 vs 313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893 vs 1404
Geekbench - OpenCL	3635 vs 3023
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3323 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3323 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

897

1105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

313

325

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1404

1893

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1404

1893

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3023

3635

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1139

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1139

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3331

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3331

3356

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
PassMark - G3D Mark	897	1105
PassMark - G2D Mark	313	325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404	1893
Geekbench - OpenCL	3023	3635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1139	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1139	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331	3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		35.369

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Broadwell GT3	GF116
Launch date	5 January 2015	14 May 2011
Place in performance rating	1083	1086
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$55.59
Value for money (0-100)		26.90
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,170 million
Floating-point performance		414.7 gflops
Texture fill rate		17.28 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		145 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	192 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1536 MB
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Technologies
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