Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430 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 Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
79.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1428 vs 18
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 304 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 February 2006
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1428 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	304 vs 181

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Around 42% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1428

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

181

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	1428	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	181
Geekbench - OpenCL	6960
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 Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Curie
Code name	Skylake GT3e	C51M
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	958	961
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM
Shared memory	1
Technologies
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