Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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 870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 967 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 276

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 12 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 967 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 276

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

3.1x more core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 55.2 GTexel / s
28x more pipelines: 1344 vs 48
2.9x better floating-point performance: 2,599 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3450 vs 1461
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6350 vs 2475
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6350 vs 2475
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12462 vs 4466
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 958
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 958
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2304
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2304

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	941 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.3 GTexel / s vs 55.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 48
Floating-point performance	2,599 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3450 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6350 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6350 vs 2475
Geekbench - OpenCL	12462 vs 4466
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 2304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 2304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

3450

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

276

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2475

6350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2475

6350

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4466

12462

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

958

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

958

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2304

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2304

3353

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1461	3450
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	276
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2475	6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2475	6350
Geekbench - OpenCL	4466	12462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	958	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	958	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2304	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2304	3353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		81.753
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1336

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Kepler
Code name	Broadwell GT3e	GK104
Launch date	5 September 2014	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	789	725
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	967 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	941 MHz
Floating-point performance	883.2 gflops	2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	1344
Texture fill rate	55.2 GTexel / s	108.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1344
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		192 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA