Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A 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 5 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 993 MHz
  • 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
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 264
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2846 vs 1973
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3289
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2846 vs 1973
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3289
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 993 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 vs 264
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2846 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3289

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

  • 3x more core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8.9x more pipelines: 640 vs 72
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2605 vs 1978
  • Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10348 vs 8750
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2188 vs 1668
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2188 vs 1668
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 914 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 72
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2605 vs 1978
Geekbench - OpenCL 10348 vs 8750
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2188 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2188 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1978
2605
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
361
264
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8750
10348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2846
1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2846
1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3289
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 2605
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 264
Geekbench - OpenCL 8750 10348
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 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1668 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3289

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Maxwell
Code name Skylake GT4e GM107
Launch date 1 September 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 993 906
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 993 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 914 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 72 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,870 million
Floating-point performance 1,271 gflops
Texture fill rate 39.72 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 MXM-B (3.0)

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 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz

Technologies

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