NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 5.1x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • 2.9x more texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
  • 12.8x more pipelines: 512 vs 40
  • 9.2x better floating-point performance: 953.9 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2108 vs 1191
  • Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8099 vs 5081
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2961 vs 2095
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 3285
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2961 vs 2095
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 3285
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 October 2015 vs 27 May 2013
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 40
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2108 vs 1191
Geekbench - OpenCL 8099 vs 5081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2961 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2961 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 3285

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1085 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 255
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 399 vs 255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2108
1191
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
399
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8099
5081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2961
2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2961
2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3285
Name NVIDIA GeForce 945M Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark 2108 1191
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 399
Geekbench - OpenCL 8099 5081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 380.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2961 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2961 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 945M Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Generation 7.5
Code name GM107 Haswell GT3e
Launch date 27 October 2015 27 May 2013
Place in performance rating 952 644
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz 1300 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 200 MHz
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Pipelines 512 40
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s 10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 392 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
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 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 eDRAM
Shared memory 0 1

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
Quick Sync