Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640 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 8800 GTS 640

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
9.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 143 Watt

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 8 November 2006
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 143 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

Around 71% higher core clock speed: 513 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48

Core clock speed	513 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640
PassMark - G3D Mark	1439
PassMark - G2D Mark	305
Geekbench - OpenCL	6954
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 8800 GTS 640
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Skylake GT3e	G80
Launch date	1 September 2015	8 November 2006
Place in performance rating	952	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	48	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	143 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	681 million
Floating-point performance		228.1 gflops
Texture fill rate		12.31 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		640 MB
Memory bandwidth		63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		320 Bit
Memory clock speed		1584 MHz
Technologies
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