Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 90 Watt
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 2 GB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 90 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

  • 3.4x more core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 10.7x more pipelines: 768 vs 72
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5339 vs 2231
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 644 vs 509
  • Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16110 vs 10003
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3697 vs 1671
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3697 vs 1671
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3175
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3175
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1024 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1188 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 768 vs 72
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5339 vs 2231
PassMark - G2D Mark 644 vs 509
Geekbench - OpenCL 16110 vs 10003
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3697 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3697 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3175

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2231
5339
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
509
644
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10003
16110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3175
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3175
3356
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
PassMark - G3D Mark 2231 5339
PassMark - G2D Mark 509 644
Geekbench - OpenCL 10003 16110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1671 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1671 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3175 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3175 3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6803
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1872

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Skylake GT4e GM206
Launch date 1 September 2015 20 August 2015
Place in performance rating 665 534
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $159
Price now $194.44
Value for money (0-100) 30.06

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1188 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1024 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 72 768
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 90 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 2,940 million
CUDA cores 768
Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops
Texture fill rate 49.2 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
SLI options 2x
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 2 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 105.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.6 GB/s

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround