Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs GeForce GTX 660

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking433not rated
Place by popularity89not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.28no data
Power efficiency5.29no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameGK106Ice Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 September 2012 (12 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores960384
Core clock speed980 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1033 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate82.5624.00
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPS0.768 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs8024

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR5System Shared
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics 940 has a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 833.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 and Iris Plus Graphics 940. We've got no test results to judge.


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