Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go 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 GeForce4 4200 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 1 month(s) later
150x more core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 2 MHz
5.5x more boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 200 MHz
12x more pipelines: 48 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
224.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 898 vs 4
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 173

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2015 vs 15 November 2002
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 2 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	898 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 173

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

898

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

173

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark	898	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404
Geekbench - OpenCL	3028
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 GeForce4 4200 Go
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0
Code name	Broadwell GT3	NV28M
Launch date	5 January 2015	15 November 2002
Place in performance rating	1074	1003
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	2 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48	4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	DDR
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	200 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory type		128
Technologies
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