Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 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), 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 24.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 365 Watt
  • 21.3x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 394
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 24 March 2011
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 365 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 509 vs 394

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

  • 4.1x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 14.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 72
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 2231
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12959 vs 10003
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 1671
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 1671
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 3175
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 3175
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1024 vs 72
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3341 vs 2231
Geekbench - OpenCL 12959 vs 10003
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 vs 3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 vs 3175

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2231
3341
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
509
394
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10003
12959
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3175
3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3175
3330
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
PassMark - G3D Mark 2231 3341
PassMark - G2D Mark 509 394
Geekbench - OpenCL 10003 12959
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1671 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1671 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3175 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3175 3330
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4118
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Skylake GT4e GF110
Launch date 1 September 2015 24 March 2011
Place in performance rating 665 773
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $184
Value for money (0-100) 30.41

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 72 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 365 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,000 million
CUDA cores 1024
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
SLI options Quad
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 1707 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround