Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition vs Iris Graphics 6100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking844not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.71no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT3G80
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date5 January 2015 (9 years ago)5 March 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,999

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 cores384128
Core clock speed300 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt171 Watt
Texture fill rate48.0038.40
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS0.3686 TFLOPS
ROPs624
TMUs4832

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data312 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1536 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent2x DVI

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2015 5 March 2007
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 171 Watt

Iris Graphics 6100 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1040% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Iris Graphics 6100 and Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 6100 is a desktop card while Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition is a workstation one.


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Intel Iris Graphics 6100
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