NVIDIA GeForce 920A vs Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920A and Intel Iris Graphics 5100 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2.9x more core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • 9.6x more pipelines: 384 vs 40
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 747
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 27 May 2013
Core clock speed 575 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 40
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 836 vs 747

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 5100

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 270 vs 159
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4039 vs 3693
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 270 vs 159
Geekbench - OpenCL 4039 vs 3693

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920A
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
836
747
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
159
270
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3693
4039
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920A Intel Iris Graphics 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark 836 747
PassMark - G2D Mark 159 270
Geekbench - OpenCL 3693 4039
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1668

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920A Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Generation 7.5
Code name GK208B Haswell GT3
Launch date 13 March 2015 27 May 2013
Place in performance rating 1183 1185
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 575 MHz 200 MHz
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Pipelines 384 40
Texture fill rate 9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 30 Watt
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Transistor count 1,300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 1.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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