Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M 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 GT 120M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
9.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1432 vs 153
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 39
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3157 vs 2273
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3157 vs 2273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 15 June 2009
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432 vs 153
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3157 vs 2273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3157 vs 2273

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 15 Watt

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1432

153

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

2273

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

2273

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432	153
PassMark - G2D Mark	305	39
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	2273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3157	2273

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Skylake GT3e	G96
Launch date	1 September 2015	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	953	1536
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	314 million
Floating-point performance		80 gflops
Texture fill rate		8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		16 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
PCI-E 2.0