Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs NVIDIA GRID K2

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and NVIDIA GRID K2 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 Plus Graphics 650

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 15x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2x 4 GB
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 319
  • 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1564 vs 344
  • 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1564 vs 344
  • 10.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 312
  • 10.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 312
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 11 May 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 2x 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 vs 319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1564 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1564 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 312

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K2

  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 64x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 48
  • 5.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,289 gflops vs 883 gflops
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2737 vs 1590
  • Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10352 vs 7011
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6371 vs 2652
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6371 vs 2652
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 745 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 48
Floating-point performance 2x 2,289 gflops vs 883 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2737 vs 1590
Geekbench - OpenCL 10352 vs 7011
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6371 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6371 vs 2652

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1590
2737
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
377
319
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7011
10352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2652
6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2652
6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1564
344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1564
344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
312
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 NVIDIA GRID K2
PassMark - G3D Mark 1590 2737
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 319
Geekbench - OpenCL 7011 10352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2652 6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2652 6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1564 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1564 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 968.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.51
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 114.144

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 NVIDIA GRID K2

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Kepler
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e GK104
Launch date 3 January 2017 11 May 2013
Place in performance rating 852 971
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $5,199

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 745 MHz
Floating-point performance 883 gflops 2x 2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 2x 1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,540 million
Texture fill rate 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 2x 4 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz

Technologies

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