Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 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 GeForce4 MX 460

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
1024x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 64 MB
494.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 4
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 176

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 6 February 2002
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	361 vs 176

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1978

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

176

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	176
Geekbench - OpenCL	8750
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 GeForce4 MX 460
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Celsius
Code name	Skylake GT4e	NV17 A3
Launch date	1 September 2015	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	993	989
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	72
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	29 million
Texture fill rate		1.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	8.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	64 MB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		7.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		450 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync