GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs Iris Pro Graphics 580

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking642not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.84no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameSkylake GT4eGP108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)12 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79

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 cores576384
Core clock speed350 MHz1152 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHz1379 MHz
Number of transistors189 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate68.4033.10
Floating-point processing power1.094 TFLOPS1.059 TFLOPS
ROPs916
TMUs7224

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 3.0 x4
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4DDR4
Maximum RAM amount64 GB2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1050 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data16.8 GB/s
Shared memory+no 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

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 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 12 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 20 Watt

Iris Pro Graphics 580 has a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

GT 1030 DDR4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between Iris Pro Graphics 580 and GeForce GT 1030 DDR4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Pro Graphics 580 is a notebook card while GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is a desktop one.


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