NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8 vs Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8 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 GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8

Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8

4.5x more core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 200 MHz
9.6x more pipelines: 384 vs 40
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 30 Watt

Core clock speed	902 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 30 Watt

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

Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8	Intel Iris Graphics 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark		747
PassMark - G2D Mark		270
Geekbench - OpenCL		4039
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 GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8	Intel Iris Graphics 5100
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Generation 7.5
Code name	GK208	Haswell GT3
Launch date	29 May 2013	27 May 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	1185
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	902 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	384	40
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	30 Watt
Boost clock speed		1200 MHz
Transistor count		1,300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	115 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
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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