Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 800A

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce 800A 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 800A

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1427 vs 477
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 165

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 17 March 2014
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1427 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 165

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 800A

2.5x more core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 800A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

165

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA GeForce 800A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1427	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	305	165
Geekbench - OpenCL	6945
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 800A
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Skylake GT3e	GF119
Launch date	1 September 2015	17 March 2014
Place in performance rating	959	960
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	738 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	292 million
Floating-point performance		141.7 gflops
Texture fill rate		5.904 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
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