Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and NVIDIA GeForce 840A 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • 64x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1994 vs 1123
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 221
  • Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8904 vs 5596
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2846 vs 2188
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3117
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2846 vs 2188
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3117
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 17 March 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1994 vs 1123
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 vs 221
Geekbench - OpenCL 8904 vs 5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2846 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

  • 3.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 384 vs 72
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2314 vs 1668
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2314 vs 1668
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 72
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2314 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2314 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1994
1123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
361
221
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8904
5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2846
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2846
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3117
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 NVIDIA GeForce 840A
PassMark - G3D Mark 1994 1123
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 221
Geekbench - OpenCL 8904 5596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 450.087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.077
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2846 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1668 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3117

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Maxwell
Code name Skylake GT4e GM108
Launch date 1 September 2015 17 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1007 1009
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1029 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 72 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 189 million
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 1 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 DDR3
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz

Technologies

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