Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555 vs NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555 and NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

2.4x more core clock speed: 722 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	722 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
PassMark - G2D Mark		556
PassMark - G3D Mark		3568

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Skylake GT3e	GM204
Launch date	1 September 2015	30 August 2015
Place in performance rating	not rated	217
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	722 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	5,200 million
Floating-point performance		2,218 gflops
Pipelines		1536
Texture fill rate		69.31 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	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		5012 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5