Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 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 4600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
8.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 134 Watt
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1432 vs 431
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 5 March 2007
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 134 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432 vs 431
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3230 vs 3157
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3230 vs 3157

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1432

431

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3230

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3230

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432	431
PassMark - G2D Mark	305	127
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	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3157	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 550	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Skylake GT3e	G80
Launch date	1 September 2015	5 March 2007
Place in performance rating	953	1213
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,999
Price now		$143.51
Value for money (0-100)		5.45
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	48	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	134 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	681 million
Floating-point performance		230.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		12 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		768 MB
Memory bandwidth		67.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Technologies
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