Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM 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 GTX 950 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 950 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	1 September 2017 vs 1 January 2016
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

3.1x more core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 300 MHz
21.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 48
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 56.869 vs 37.109
Around 97% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 917.535 vs 465.116
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.351 vs 2.796
Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.323 vs 29.115
Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 86.304 vs 54.932

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 48
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869 vs 37.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535 vs 465.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351 vs 2.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323 vs 29.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304 vs 54.932

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.109

56.869

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

465.116

917.535

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.796

3.351

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

29.115

37.323

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

54.932

86.304

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1739
PassMark - G2D Mark	363
Geekbench - OpenCL	7344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	37.109	56.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	465.116	917.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.796	3.351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.115	37.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	54.932	86.304
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 GTX 950 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Coffee Lake GT3e	GM206
Launch date	1 September 2017	1 January 2016
Place in performance rating	1042	1174
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	950 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	924 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	2,940 million
Floating-point performance		1,946 gflops
Texture fill rate		60.8 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
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Memory type	DDR3 / DDR4	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		5012 MHz