NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
3.9x more core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1201 MHz vs 1000 MHz
14.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 72
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 76.687 vs 49.145
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 890.785 vs 450.087
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.659 vs 25.346

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 November 2015 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 72
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687 vs 49.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785 vs 450.087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659 vs 25.346

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

76.687

49.145

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

890.785

450.087

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.659

25.346

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687	49.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785	450.087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659	25.346
PassMark - G3D Mark		1993
PassMark - G2D Mark		361
Geekbench - OpenCL		8893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		67.077
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 960 OEM	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	GM206	Skylake GT4e
Launch date	26 November 2015	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	1002	1003
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1176 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1024	72
Texture fill rate	76.86 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	4 GB	64 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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