Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 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 Quadro FX 1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 55 Watt
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 897 vs 124
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 313 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2015 vs 9 August 2004
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 55 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	897 vs 124
PassMark - G2D Mark	313 vs 152

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

897

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

313

152

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	897	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	313	152
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404
Geekbench - OpenCL	3022
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 Quadro FX 1400
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Curie
Code name	Broadwell GT3	NV41
Launch date	5 January 2015	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1081	1078
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	222 million
Texture fill rate		4.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		9.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed		600 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Technologies
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