Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 55 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7182 vs 6139
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 18 February 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 55 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 7182 vs 6139

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

  • 3.4x more core clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2145 vs 1432
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 474 vs 305
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2918 vs 2675
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2918 vs 2675
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1813 vs 1290
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1813 vs 1290
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3309 vs 3157
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3309 vs 3157
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1033 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2145 vs 1432
PassMark - G2D Mark 474 vs 305
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2918 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2918 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1813 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1813 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1432
2145
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
474
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7182
6139
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2675
2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2675
2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3309
Name Intel Iris Graphics 550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1432 2145
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 474
Geekbench - OpenCL 7182 6139
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2675 2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2675 2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1290 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1290 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3157 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3157 3309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 335.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.126
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 655

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Maxwell
Code name Skylake GT3e GM107
Launch date 1 September 2015 18 February 2014
Place in performance rating 953 994
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1033 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 55 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,870 million
Floating-point performance 793.3 gflops
Texture fill rate 24.79 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory type eDRAM DDR3
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz

Technologies

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