Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M 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 Plus Graphics 650

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 883 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 10.7x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1604 vs 811
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 360 vs 203
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 3 September 2010
Floating-point performance 883 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1604 vs 811
PassMark - G2D Mark 360 vs 203

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

  • 3.9x more core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 144 vs 48
  • Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12379 vs 7127
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3274 vs 1564
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3274 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1180 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 144 vs 48
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 12379 vs 7127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3274 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3274 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1604
811
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
360
203
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7127
12379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1564
3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1564
3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3350
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1604 811
PassMark - G2D Mark 360 203
Geekbench - OpenCL 7127 12379
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1564 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1564 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Fermi
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e GF106
Launch date 3 January 2017 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 876 879
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1180 MHz
Floating-point performance 883 gflops 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 144
Texture fill rate 10.6 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 3 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI