Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 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), 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 349
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 May 2013 vs 28 June 2011
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 399 vs 349

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • 3.8x more texture fill rate: 39.7 billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
  • 9.6x more pipelines: 384 vs 40
  • 9.2x better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 1191
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2664 vs 2095
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2664 vs 2095
  • Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6389 vs 5081
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 3285
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 3285
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 620 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.7 billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 40
Floating-point performance 952.3 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2074 vs 1191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2664 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2664 vs 2095
Geekbench - OpenCL 6389 vs 5081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3626 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3626 vs 3285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1191
2074
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
399
349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2095
2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2095
2664
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5081
6389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
3626
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1191 2074
PassMark - G2D Mark 399 349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2095 2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2095 2664
Geekbench - OpenCL 5081 6389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3285 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3285 3626
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.215
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3318

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.5 Fermi 2.0
Code name Haswell GT3e GF114
Launch date 27 May 2013 28 June 2011
Place in performance rating 644 921
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Core clock speed 200 MHz 620 MHz
Floating-point performance 104.0 gflops 952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 40 384
Texture fill rate 10.4 GTexel / s 39.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 392 million 1,950 million
CUDA cores 384

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.3 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Memory type eDRAM GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI