Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1430 vs 177
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 199
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 2 February 2006
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1430 vs 177
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 vs 199

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 375 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1430
177
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
199
Name Intel Iris Graphics 550 NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 1430 177
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 199
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 7800 GS AGP

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Curie
Code name Skylake GT3e G71
Launch date 1 September 2015 2 February 2006
Place in performance rating 951 870
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 278 million
Texture fill rate 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 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz

Technologies

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