Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 and NVIDIA GeForce 930MX 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 17 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 17 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

2.4x more core clock speed: 952 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1020 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 24.48 GTexel / s vs 24.00 GB/s

Core clock speed	952 MHz vs 400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1020 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.48 GTexel / s vs 24.00 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

3357

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366	3357
PassMark - G3D Mark		1293
PassMark - G2D Mark		195
Geekbench - OpenCL		5494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		23.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		165.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.09
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3577
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		495

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 11.0	Maxwell
Code name	Ice Lake GT2	GM108
Launch price (MSRP)	$969
Place in performance rating	1217	1115
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch date		1 March 2016
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1020 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	400 MHz	952 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1690 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	845 GFLOPS
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	24.00 GB/s	24.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	17 Watt
Floating-point performance		783.4 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus