Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 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 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 48 vs 24
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • 6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1739 vs 264
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 363 vs 283
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 951
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 951
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2017 vs 12 October 2006
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 575 MHz
Pipelines 48 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1739 vs 264
PassMark - G2D Mark 363 vs 283
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 951

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

  • Around 92% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 575 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1739
264
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
363
283
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
951
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1739 264
PassMark - G2D Mark 363 283
Geekbench - OpenCL 7345
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 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 951
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 619

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Curie
Code name Coffee Lake GT3e G71
Launch date 1 September 2017 12 October 2006
Place in performance rating 1044 1039
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 575 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 48 24
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 278 million
Texture fill rate 13.8 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 MXM-III
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Memory type DDR3 / DDR4 256
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 700 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II