Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GRID K160Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
8.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 130 Watt
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1721 vs 628
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 357 vs 262
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2780 vs 1237
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1884 vs 1871
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 2654
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2780 vs 1237
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1884 vs 1871
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 2654

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2017 vs 28 June 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1721 vs 628
PassMark - G2D Mark	357 vs 262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2780 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1884 vs 1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343 vs 2654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2780 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1884 vs 1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343 vs 2654

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K160Q

2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
4x more pipelines: 192 vs 48

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	192 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K160Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1721

628

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

357

262

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2780

1237

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1884

1871

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3343

2654

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2780

1237

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1884

1871

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3343

2654

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	NVIDIA GRID K160Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	1721	628
PassMark - G2D Mark	357	262
Geekbench - OpenCL	7356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	37.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	465.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	54.932
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2780	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1884	1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343	2654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2780	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1884	1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343	2654
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	619

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	NVIDIA GRID K160Q
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Kepler
Code name	Coffee Lake GT3e	GK107
Launch date	1 September 2017	28 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1031	1033
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$125
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	192
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,270 million
Floating-point performance		326.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		13.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Memory type	DDR3 / DDR4	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1782 MHz