NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3797 vs 1626
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14288 vs 5848
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5783 vs 2536
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2566 vs 1586
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 2418
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5783 vs 2536
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2566 vs 1586
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 2418

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2015 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed	944 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3797 vs 1626
Geekbench - OpenCL	14288 vs 5848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5783 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2566 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5783 vs 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2566 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337 vs 2418

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 336

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	572 vs 336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3797

1626

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

572

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14288

5848

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5783

2536

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2566

1586

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3337

2418

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5783

2536

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2566

1586

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3337

2418

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
PassMark - G3D Mark	3797	1626
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	572
Geekbench - OpenCL	14288	5848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	223.296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5783	2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2566	1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337	2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5783	2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2566	1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337	2418
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1831

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Generation 8.0
Code name	GM204	Broadwell GT3e
Launch date	9 January 2015	5 September 2014
Place in performance rating	731	732
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	944 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,355 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	73.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	IGP
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI