NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 960M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3366 vs 1596
  • Around 93% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10985 vs 5684
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 2536
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 1586
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2418
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 2536
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 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 1096 MHz vs 800 MHz
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3366 vs 1596
Geekbench - OpenCL 10985 vs 5684
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 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
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 245
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 245

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3366
1596
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
245
572
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10985
5684
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2418
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
PassMark - G3D Mark 3366 1596
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 572
Geekbench - OpenCL 10985 5684
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 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2418
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1231

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 735 736
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1096 MHz 800 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 47.04 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 MXM-B (3.0) 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 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz
Memory type 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