GeForce 820A vs Iris Pro Graphics P580

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 820A and Iris Pro Graphics P580, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 820A stacks up against Iris Pro Graphics P580, check out specs charts below.

Iris Pro Graphics P580 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Iris Pro Graphics P580 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Iris Pro Graphics P580 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 820A Iris Pro Graphics P580
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x1
Memory type DDR3 DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 15 Watt.
  • GeForce 820A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Iris Pro Graphics P580 uses PCIe 3.0 x1 interface.
  • Iris Pro Graphics P580 has 63 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • GeForce 820A is used in Desktops, and Iris Pro Graphics P580 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Iris Pro Graphics P580 - with Gen. 9 Skylake.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 820A is 425 MHz higher, than Iris Pro Graphics P580.
  • GeForce 820A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Iris Pro Graphics P580 - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 10−11
ultra / 1080p 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 21−24
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Iris Pro Graphics P580 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Iris Pro Graphics P580
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Gen. 9 Skylake
Code name GF117 Skylake GT4e
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 March 2014 1 September 2015
Pipelines 96 72
Core clock speed 775 MHz 350 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 189 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40 75.60
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.1
Vulkan N/A 1.1.97
CUDA 2.1
Quick Sync +
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