Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 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 Go5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
79.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1432 vs 18
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 186

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 186

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

186

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	305	186
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 Go5600
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rankine
Code name	Skylake GT3e	NV31 A1
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	953	948
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	80 million
Texture fill rate		1.1 GTexel / 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		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
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