Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 349
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 28 June 2011
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 vs 349

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2664 vs 2536
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2664 vs 2536
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 1586
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 1586
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3318 vs 2418
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3318 vs 2418
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 1626
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6389 vs 5885
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2664 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2664 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3626 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3626 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3318 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3318 vs 2418
PassMark - G3D Mark 2074 vs 1626
Geekbench - OpenCL 6389 vs 5885

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2536
2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2536
2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1586
3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1586
3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2418
3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2418
3318
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
572
349
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1626
2074
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5885
6389
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2536 2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2536 2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1586 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1586 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2418 3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2418 3318
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 349
PassMark - G3D Mark 1626 2074
Geekbench - OpenCL 5885 6389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.215

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Broadwell GT3e GF114
Launch date 5 September 2014 28 June 2011
Place in performance rating 724 921
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 800 MHz 620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,950 million
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 952.3 gflops
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 39.7 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI