NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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, 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
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2586 vs 1626
  • Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9532 vs 5885
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 2536
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1586
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2418
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 2536
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1586
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2418
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed 914 MHz vs 800 MHz
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2586 vs 1626
Geekbench - OpenCL 9532 vs 5885
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 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
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 216
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 vs 216

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2586
1626
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
216
572
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9532
5885
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4148
2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4148
2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2418
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
PassMark - G3D Mark 2586 1626
PassMark - G2D Mark 216 572
Geekbench - OpenCL 9532 5885
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 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2418
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Generation 8.0
Code name GM107 Broadwell GT3e
Launch date 13 March 2015 5 September 2014
Place in performance rating 863 724
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 914 MHz 800 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 44.96 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 IGP
Laptop size 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

Technologies

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