Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1033 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 140 Watt

Launch date	27 May 2013 vs 6 September 2012
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

4.9x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 200 MHz
7.5x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 960 vs 40
19x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3998 vs 1191
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 478 vs 399
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 2095
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 2095
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11267 vs 5081
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 3285
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 3285

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3998 vs 1191
PassMark - G2D Mark	478 vs 399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3581 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3581 vs 2095
Geekbench - OpenCL	11267 vs 5081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690 vs 3285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1191

3998

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

478

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2095

3581

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2095

3581

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5081

11267

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

3690

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark	1191	3998
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	478
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2095	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2095	3581
Geekbench - OpenCL	5081	11267
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3285	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3285	3690
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Kepler
Code name	Haswell GT3e	GK106
Launch date	27 May 2013	6 September 2012
Place in performance rating	644	772
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	104.0 gflops	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	40	960
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s	78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	2,540 million
CUDA cores		960
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		One 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.3
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR5
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed		6.0 GB/s
Technologies
Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA