Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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 FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
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
230.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1845 vs 8
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 448 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1845 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	448 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1845

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

448

247

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	1845	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	448	247
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 FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rankine
Code name	Skylake GT4e	NV34 A1
Launch date	1 September 2015	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	749	747
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	72
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	45 million
Texture fill rate		800 MTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	64 MB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		332 MHz
Technologies
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