Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 15.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 236 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 1285
  • 6.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 59
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 3325
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 3325
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2017 vs 16 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 236 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1734 vs 1285
PassMark - G2D Mark 362 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 3325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

  • 4.3x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 5x more pipelines: 240 vs 48
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21396 vs 7346
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2697 vs 1884
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2697 vs 1884
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1296 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 240 vs 48
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 21396 vs 7346
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2697 vs 1884
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2697 vs 1884

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1734
1285
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
362
59
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7346
21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3325
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
PassMark - G3D Mark 1734 1285
PassMark - G2D Mark 362 59
Geekbench - OpenCL 7346 21396
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 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1884 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 619

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Tesla 2.0
Code name Coffee Lake GT3e GT200
Launch date 1 September 2017 16 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1059 1062
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Price now $522.78
Value for money (0-100) 2.98

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1296 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 240
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 236 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 240
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Texture fill rate 48.2 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Memory type DDR3 / DDR4 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 141.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1107 MHz

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI