Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
512x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 128 MB
19.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1845 vs 95
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 448 vs 243

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 14 November 2004
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1845 vs 95
PassMark - G2D Mark	448 vs 243

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 525 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	525 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1845

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

448

243

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1845	95
PassMark - G2D Mark	448	243
Geekbench - OpenCL	10056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3175

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Curie
Code name	Skylake GT4e	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 September 2015	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	749	746
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	525 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	72
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	146 million
Texture fill rate		4.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	128 MB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1100 MHz
Technologies
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