Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 21.3x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 1947
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 324
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8724 vs 5977
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.11 vs 20.831
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 1 October 2012
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 1947
PassMark - G2D Mark 362 vs 324
Geekbench - OpenCL 8724 vs 5977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.11 vs 20.831
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

  • 2x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 13.3x more pipelines: 960 vs 72
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3396 vs 2846
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 1668
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3396 vs 2846
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 1668
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 960 vs 72
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3396 vs 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3396 vs 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1978
1947
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
362
324
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8724
5977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.11
20.831
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2846
3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2846
3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3350
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 1947
PassMark - G2D Mark 362 324
Geekbench - OpenCL 8724 5977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.11 20.831
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 3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1668 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846 3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Kepler
Code name Skylake GT4e GK104
Launch date 1 September 2015 1 October 2012
Place in performance rating 992 830
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 72 960
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 960
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops
Texture fill rate 48.0 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 3 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 67.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA