Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs GeForce 6800 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1313not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameNV41Ice Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 November 2005 (20 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 coresno data384
Core clock speed425 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors190 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate5.10024.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.768 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1224

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 130 nm 10 nm

Iris Plus Graphics 940 has a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

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