Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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 860M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 915 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 360 vs 226

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 10 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	360 vs 226

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

2.7x more core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 300 MHz
13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
Around 57% better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 883 gflops
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3057 vs 1604
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10435 vs 7127
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 2652
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 2652
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 1564
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 1564

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	797 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 883 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3057 vs 1604
Geekbench - OpenCL	10435 vs 7127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684 vs 1564

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1604

3057

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

360

226

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7127

10435

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2652

4938

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2652

4938

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1564

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1564

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1604	3057
PassMark - G2D Mark	360	226
Geekbench - OpenCL	7127	10435
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2652	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2652	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1564	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1564	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3340
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		162.83
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1151

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Kepler
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	GK104
Launch date	3 January 2017	10 March 2014
Place in performance rating	876	877
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	915 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	797 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops	1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1152 or 640
Texture fill rate		43.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		80.0 GB / s
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA