Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 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 PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
512x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 128 MB
65.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2231 vs 34
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 17 March 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2231 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	509 vs 258

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

509

258

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark	2231	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	509	258
Geekbench - OpenCL	10003
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 PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rankine
Code name	Skylake GT4e	NV35
Launch date	1 September 2015	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	662	660
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	72
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	135 million
Texture fill rate		1.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
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	128 MB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		550 MHz
Technologies
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