Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 55.2 GTexel / s vs 42 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
16.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 447

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 26 March 2010
Texture fill rate	55.2 GTexel / s vs 42 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 447

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

2.3x more core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 300 MHz
10x more pipelines: 480 vs 48
Around 52% better floating-point performance: 1,345.0 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4103 vs 1461
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5110 vs 2475
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5110 vs 2475
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13118 vs 4463
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3658 vs 958
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3658 vs 958
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3320 vs 2304
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3320 vs 2304

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	480 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4103 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5110 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5110 vs 2475
Geekbench - OpenCL	13118 vs 4463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3658 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3658 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3320 vs 2304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320 vs 2304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

4103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

447

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2475

5110

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2475

5110

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4463

13118

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

958

3658

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

958

3658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2304

3320

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2304

3320

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
PassMark - G3D Mark	1461	4103
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	447
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2475	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2475	5110
Geekbench - OpenCL	4463	13118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	958	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	958	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2304	3320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2304	3320
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		106.875
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Fermi
Code name	Broadwell GT3e	GF100
Launch date	5 September 2014	26 March 2010
Place in performance rating	790	734
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$71.99
Value for money (0-100)		61.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	883.2 gflops	1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	480
Texture fill rate	55.2 GTexel / s	42 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	3,100 million
CUDA cores		480
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way, 3-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1536 MB
Memory bandwidth		177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory clock speed		1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
SLI