Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT 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 GeForce FX 5600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 235 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
191.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1722 vs 9
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 358 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2017 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1722 vs 9
PassMark - G2D Mark	358 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1722

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

358

166

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1722	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	358	166
Geekbench - OpenCL	7366
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	619

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Rankine
Code name	Coffee Lake GT3e	NV31 A1
Launch date	1 September 2017	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1041	1039
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	80 million
Texture fill rate		940 MTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Memory type	DDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz