Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 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.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

2x more texture fill rate: 24.00 GB/s vs 12 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 90 nm
8.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 134 Watt
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3366 vs 3230
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3366 vs 3230

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	24.00 GB/s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 134 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366 vs 3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366 vs 3230

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

3230

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

3230

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366	3230
PassMark - G3D Mark		431
PassMark - G2D Mark		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 11.0	Tesla
Code name	Ice Lake GT2	G80
Launch price (MSRP)	$969	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1217	1214
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch date		5 March 2007
Price now		$143.51
Value for money (0-100)		5.45
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	90 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1690 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	845 GFLOPS
Pipelines	384	96
Texture fill rate	24.00 GB/s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	134 Watt
Floating-point performance		230.4 gflops
Transistor count		681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		768 MB
Memory bandwidth		67.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3