NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 300 MHz
14.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 72
Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 56.869 vs 49.11
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 917.535 vs 450.087
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.351 vs 3.059
Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.323 vs 25.346
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 86.304 vs 67.077

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2016 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 72
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869 vs 49.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535 vs 450.087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351 vs 3.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323 vs 25.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304 vs 67.077

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 2 GB

Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

56.869

49.11

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

917.535

450.087

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.351

3.059

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.323

25.346

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

86.304

67.077

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869	49.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535	450.087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351	3.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323	25.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304	67.077
PassMark - G3D Mark		1978
PassMark - G2D Mark		361
Geekbench - OpenCL		8750
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	GM206	Skylake GT4e
Launch date	1 January 2016	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	1174	993
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1024	72
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	189 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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