NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
5.5x more core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 200 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 640 vs 40
14.5x better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3401 vs 1191
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10711 vs 5081
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 2095
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3285
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 2095
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3285

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 27 May 2013
Core clock speed	1096 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3401 vs 1191
Geekbench - OpenCL	10711 vs 5081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714 vs 3285

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1176 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3401

1191

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

399

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10711

5081

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5264

2095

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5264

2095

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3285

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	3401	1191
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	399
Geekbench - OpenCL	10711	5081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264	2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264	2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Generation 7.5
Code name	GM107	Haswell GT3e
Launch date	13 March 2015	27 May 2013
Place in performance rating	770	644
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	1300 MHz
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	200 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	640	40
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	392 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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	eDRAM
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