Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 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 FX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
40.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1432 vs 35
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 188

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 12 May 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 188

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

188

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	305	188
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 FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rankine
Code name	Skylake GT3e	NV35
Launch date	1 September 2015	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	953	941
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	135 million
Texture fill rate		3.2 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
Length		218 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Technologies
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