Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A 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 Plus Graphics 650

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.5x better floating-point performance: 883 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 581
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 214

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 1 July 2014
Floating-point performance	883 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590 vs 581
PassMark - G2D Mark	377 vs 214

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

3.1x more core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11927 vs 7012

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	938 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11927 vs 7012

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1590

581

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

214

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7012

11927

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590	581
PassMark - G2D Mark	377	214
Geekbench - OpenCL	7012	11927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	GF117
Launch date	3 January 2017	1 July 2014
Place in performance rating	851	942
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	585 million
Texture fill rate		15.01 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		16 GB / s
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz
Technologies
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