Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA Quadro K4000M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7182 vs 5326
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 1 June 2012
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 vs 304
Geekbench - OpenCL 7182 vs 5326

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

  • 2x more core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 20x more pipelines: 960 vs 48
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1961 vs 1432
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3855 vs 2675
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3855 vs 2675
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4957 vs 1290
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4957 vs 1290
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4470 vs 3157
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4470 vs 3157
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 601 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 960 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1961 vs 1432
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3855 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3855 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4957 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4957 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4470 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4470 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1432
1961
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
304
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7182
5326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2675
3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2675
3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
4957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
4470
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
4470
Name Intel Iris Graphics 550 NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1432 1961
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 304
Geekbench - OpenCL 7182 5326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2675 3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2675 3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1290 4957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1290 4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3157 4470
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3157 4470
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 544.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 36.553

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 550 NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Kepler
Code name Skylake GT3e GK104
Launch date 1 September 2015 1 June 2012
Place in performance rating 953 845
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 601 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 960
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,540 million
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops
Texture fill rate 48.08 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large

API support

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

Memory

Memory type eDRAM GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz

Technologies

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