Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • 18.5x more texture fill rate: 24.00 GB/s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 130 nm
Core clock speed 400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.00 GB/s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 130 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3366
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3366
PassMark - G3D Mark 33
PassMark - G2D Mark 129

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Essentials

Architecture Generation 11.0 Rankine
Code name Ice Lake GT2 NV35
Launch price (MSRP) $969
Place in performance rating 1222 1220
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch date 12 May 2003

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 400 MHz 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 130 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 211 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1690 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 845 GFLOPS
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 24.00 GB/s 1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 135 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 12.1 9.0a
OpenGL 4.6 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 700 MHz
Memory type DDR