NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM and Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

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
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

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

  • 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 P580

Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.659
PassMark - G3D Mark 2231
PassMark - G2D Mark 509
Geekbench - OpenCL 10003
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3175

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

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 961 665
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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