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).
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | Intel Iris Graphics 550 | NVIDIA GeForce 800A |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1427 | 477 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 305 | 165 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 7012 | |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Generation 9.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
Code name | Skylake GT3e | GF119 |
Launch date | 1 September 2015 | 17 March 2014 |
Place in performance rating | 958 | 959 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x1 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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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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