NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3615 vs 1586
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3615 vs 1586
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 2418
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 2418

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 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 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1626 vs 1107
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 214

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 1107
PassMark - G2D Mark	572 vs 214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

1626

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

572

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

1586

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

1586

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

2418

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

2418

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	1626
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615	1586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615	1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2536
Geekbench - OpenCL		5885

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Generation 8.0
Code name	GM108	Broadwell GT3e
Launch date	13 March 2015	5 September 2014
Place in performance rating	723	724
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count		189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz
Memory type	DDR3