Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Iris Graphics 550

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 67 Watt
10.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1430 vs 142
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 14 April 2004
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 67 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1430 vs 142
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 212

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1430

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

212

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1430	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	305	212
Geekbench - OpenCL	7182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3157

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Curie
Code name	Skylake GT3e	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 September 2015	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	951	809
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	222 million
Texture fill rate		5.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Technologies
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