Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL 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 Quadro4 980 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
347.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1739 vs 5
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 363 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2017 vs 12 November 2002
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1739 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	363 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1739

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

363

181

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1739	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	363	181
Geekbench - OpenCL	7344
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 Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Kelvin
Code name	Coffee Lake GT3e	NV28 A2
Launch date	1 September 2017	12 November 2002
Place in performance rating	1042	972
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	36 million
Texture fill rate		2.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 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)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Memory type	DDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		650 MHz