Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 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 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 55.2 GTexel / s vs 49.4 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
16.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 244 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 476

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 9 November 2010
Texture fill rate	55.2 GTexel / s vs 49.4 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 244 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 476

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

5.1x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 300 MHz
10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
Around 79% better floating-point performance: 1,581.1 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4564 vs 1461
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5953 vs 2475
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5953 vs 2475
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15500 vs 4466
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 958
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 958
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2304
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2304

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1544 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,581.1 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4564 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5953 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5953 vs 2475
Geekbench - OpenCL	15500 vs 4466
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 2304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 2304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

4564

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

476

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2475

5953

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2475

5953

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4466

15500

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

958

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

958

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2304

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2304

3357

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	1461	4564
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	476
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2475	5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2475	5953
Geekbench - OpenCL	4466	15500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	958	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	958	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2304	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2304	3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		132.363
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		809

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Broadwell GT3e	GF110
Launch date	5 September 2014	9 November 2010
Place in performance rating	789	651
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$289.88
Value for money (0-100)		19.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1544 MHz
Floating-point performance	883.2 gflops	1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	512
Texture fill rate	55.2 GTexel / s	49.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	244 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		512
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
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		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		3-way
Supplementary power connectors		One 6-pin and One 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1536 MB
Memory bandwidth		192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory clock speed		2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround