Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM 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 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 888 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 130 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 22 August 2012
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 888 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 vs 3325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 24x more pipelines: 1152 vs 48
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5983 vs 1404
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5983 vs 1404
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3665 vs 1139
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3665 vs 1139
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 823 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1152 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5983 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5983 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3665 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3665 vs 1139

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
3665
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3325
Name Intel Iris Graphics 6100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 900
PassMark - G2D Mark 313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404 5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404 5983
Geekbench - OpenCL 3025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1139 3665
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1139 3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 3325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 32.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1021.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 56.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.697
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 6100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Kepler
Code name Broadwell GT3 GK104
Launch date 5 January 2015 22 August 2012
Place in performance rating 1085 811
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 888 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 823 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 1152
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 130 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,540 million
Floating-point performance 2,046 gflops
Texture fill rate 85.25 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 241 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 134.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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