Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and NVIDIA GeForce 920A 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).

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 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
32x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 2 GB
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 846
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 168
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8750 vs 3693

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978 vs 846
PassMark - G2D Mark	361 vs 168
Geekbench - OpenCL	8750 vs 3693

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Around 92% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 300 MHz
5.3x more pipelines: 384 vs 72

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 72

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 920A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1978

846

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

168

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8750

3693

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	NVIDIA GeForce 920A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978	846
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	168
Geekbench - OpenCL	8750	3693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.11
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	NVIDIA GeForce 920A
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Skylake GT4e	GK208B
Launch date	1 September 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	993	1143
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	575 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		441.6 gflops
Texture fill rate		9.2 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	2 GB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
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