Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 967 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 276

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 12 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 967 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	572 vs 276

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6350 vs 2536
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6350 vs 2536
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 1586
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 1586
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2418
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2418
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3450 vs 1600
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12622 vs 5848

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	941 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6350 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6350 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 2418
PassMark - G3D Mark	3450 vs 1600
Geekbench - OpenCL	12622 vs 5848

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2536

6350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2536

6350

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2418

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2418

3353

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

572

276

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1600

3450

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5848

12622

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2536	6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2536	6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1586	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1586	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2418	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2418	3353
PassMark - G2D Mark	572	276
PassMark - G3D Mark	1600	3450
Geekbench - OpenCL	5848	12622
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		81.753
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1336

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Kepler
Code name	Broadwell GT3e	GK104
Launch date	5 September 2014	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	732	733
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	967 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	941 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1344
Floating-point performance		2,599 gflops
Pipelines		1344
Texture fill rate		108.3 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		192 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA