Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
  • 286x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1430 vs 5
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 181
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 12 November 2002
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1430 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1430
5
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
181
Name Intel Iris Graphics 550 NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark 1430 5
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 181
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3157

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 550 NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Kelvin
Code name Skylake GT3e NV28 A2
Launch date 1 September 2015 12 November 2002
Place in performance rating 951 968
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 36 million
Texture fill rate 2.4 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 None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 8.1
OpenGL 4.6 1.3

Memory

Memory type eDRAM DDR
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 650 MHz

Technologies

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