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.

 

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 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1600 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 1600 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
1600
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 1600
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 5848

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 730 732
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