Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 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 Quadro FX 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
20.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1430 vs 69
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 303 vs 178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 22 July 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1430 vs 69
PassMark - G2D Mark	303 vs 178

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1430

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

303

178

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1430	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	303	178
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 Quadro FX 3000
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rankine
Code name	Skylake GT3e	NV35
Launch date	1 September 2015	22 July 2003
Place in performance rating	960	963
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$203
Price now		$166.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	135 million
Texture fill rate		3.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
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		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		850 MHz
Technologies
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