NVIDIA GeForce 930M vs Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930M 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, 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
4.6x more core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 200 MHz
9.6x more pipelines: 384 vs 40
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1012 vs 738
Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5258 vs 4035
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 1019
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1668
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 1019
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1668

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 27 May 2013
Core clock speed	928 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 40
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1012 vs 738
Geekbench - OpenCL	5258 vs 4035
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 1668

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 941 MHz
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 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 268 vs 150

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 941 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	268 vs 150

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930M
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1012

738

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

268

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5258

4035

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

1668

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

1668

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 930M	Intel Iris Graphics 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	1012	738
PassMark - G2D Mark	150	268
Geekbench - OpenCL	5258	4035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	84.246
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	1668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 930M	Intel Iris Graphics 5100
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Generation 7.5
Code name	GM108	Haswell GT3
Launch date	13 March 2015	27 May 2013
Place in performance rating	1202	1205
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	928 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	384	40
Texture fill rate	22.58 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count		1,300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	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	0	1
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
Quick Sync