Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 64 Watt
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 27 November 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 64 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

  • 3.5x more core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1749 vs 900
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 313
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2663 vs 1404
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2663 vs 1404
  • Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4493 vs 3025
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3478 vs 1139
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3478 vs 1139
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1058 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1749 vs 900
PassMark - G2D Mark 368 vs 313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2663 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2663 vs 1404
Geekbench - OpenCL 4493 vs 3025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3478 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3478 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 vs 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 vs 3331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
900
1749
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
313
368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
2663
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3025
4493
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
3478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3332
Name Intel Iris Graphics 6100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
PassMark - G3D Mark 900 1749
PassMark - G2D Mark 313 368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404 2663
Geekbench - OpenCL 3025 4493
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1139 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1139 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 3332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.499
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 545

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 6100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Kepler
Code name Broadwell GT3 GK106
Launch date 5 January 2015 27 November 2013
Place in performance rating 1085 1003
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Price now $144.81
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1058 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 64 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 2,540 million
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None One 6-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.3

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128-bit GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA