Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 and NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

  • Around 60% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • 12x more texture fill rate: 24.00 GB/s vs 2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 180 nm
Core clock speed 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.00 GB/s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 180 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3366
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3366
PassMark - G2D Mark 147
PassMark - G3D Mark 6

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Essentials

Architecture Generation 11.0 Celsius
Code name Ice Lake GT2 NV15 A4
Launch price (MSRP) $969 $499
Place in performance rating 1217 1133
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch date 14 August 2000

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 400 MHz 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 180 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 2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 25 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 4x
Length 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.1 7.0
OpenGL 4.6 1.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 460 MHz
Memory type DDR