Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1019 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 1673
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 1673

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 3 May 2012
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

3.1x more core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 300 MHz
64x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 48
7.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 883 gflops
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 1590
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 377
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16270 vs 7012
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6875 vs 2652
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6875 vs 2652
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1849 vs 1564
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1849 vs 1564

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 48
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops vs 883 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590 vs 1590
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 377
Geekbench - OpenCL	16270 vs 7012
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6875 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6875 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1849 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1849 vs 1564

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1590

5590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

465

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7012

16270

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2652

6875

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2652

6875

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1564

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1564

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

1673

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

1673

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590	5590
PassMark - G2D Mark	377	465
Geekbench - OpenCL	7012	16270
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2652	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2652	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1564	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1564	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	1673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		97.861
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Kepler
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	GK104
Launch date	3 January 2017	3 May 2012
Place in performance rating	851	735
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999
Value for money (0-100)		7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1019 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	2x 1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		3072
Texture fill rate		234 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		Two 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		384 GB / s
Memory clock speed		6008 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA