NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 3x more core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
  • Around 63% better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2587 vs 1461
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9507 vs 4463
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 2475
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 958
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2304
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 2475
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 958
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2304
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed 914 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 48
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2587 vs 1461
Geekbench - OpenCL 9507 vs 4463
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2304

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1124 MHz
  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 55.2 GTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 216
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate 55.2 GTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 vs 216

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2587
1461
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
216
569
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9507
4463
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4148
2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4148
2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2304
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
PassMark - G3D Mark 2587 1461
PassMark - G2D Mark 216 569
Geekbench - OpenCL 9507 4463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2304
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Generation 8.0
Code name GM107 Broadwell GT3e
Launch date 13 March 2015 5 September 2014
Place in performance rating 863 790
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 914 MHz 300 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops 883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 640 48
Texture fill rate 44.96 GTexel / s 55.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 189 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x1
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5
Shared memory 0 1

Technologies

Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Quick Sync