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).

NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Intel Iris Graphics 5100

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 745

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 745

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: 4023 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	4023 vs 3693

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

836

745

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

270

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3693

4023

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920A	Intel Iris Graphics 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	836	745
PassMark - G2D Mark	159	270
Geekbench - OpenCL	3693	4023
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	1181	1182
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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