NVIDIA GeForce 845M vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 845M and Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 845M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1071 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6112 vs 5885
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3287 vs 1586
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2418
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3287 vs 1586
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2418
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 August 2015 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed 1071 MHz vs 800 MHz
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6112 vs 5885
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3287 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3287 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2418

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1626 vs 1524
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 213
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2536 vs 2320
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2536 vs 2320
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1626 vs 1524
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 vs 213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2536 vs 2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2536 vs 2320

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 845M
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1524
1626
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
572
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6112
5885
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2320
2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3287
1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2320
2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3287
1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2418
Name NVIDIA GeForce 845M Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
PassMark - G3D Mark 1524 1626
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 572
Geekbench - OpenCL 6112 5885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 76.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2320 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3287 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2320 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3287 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2418

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 845M Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Generation 8.0
Code name GM108 Broadwell GT3e
Launch date 26 August 2015 5 September 2014
Place in performance rating 1019 724
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1071 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 27.62 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 189 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 IGP
Laptop size medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus