Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 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 12 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 140 nm
  • 178.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1430 vs 8
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 190
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 140 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1430 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 vs 190

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1430
8
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
190
Name Intel Iris Graphics 550 NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200
PassMark - G3D Mark 1430 8
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 190
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 Go5200

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Rankine
Code name Skylake GT3e NV34 B1
Launch date 1 September 2015 1 March 2003
Place in performance rating 951 925
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 140 nm
Pipelines 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 45 million
Texture fill rate 800 MTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 AGP 8x

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 32 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz

Technologies

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