Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and NVIDIA GeForce G205M 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 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
  • 21.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1988 vs 92
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 294
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 989
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 989
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 8 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1988 vs 92
PassMark - G2D Mark 362 vs 294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 989

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G205M

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 15 Watt
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G205M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1988
92
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
362
294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
989
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 NVIDIA GeForce G205M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1988 92
PassMark - G2D Mark 362 294
Geekbench - OpenCL 8954
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 989

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Tesla
Code name Skylake GT4e MCP79MX
Launch date 1 September 2015 8 January 2009
Place in performance rating 1015 1018
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 72
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 1.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory 1

Technologies

Quick Sync