Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 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.

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
13x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 195 Watt

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 22 March 2012
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 195 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

3.4x more core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
PassMark - G3D Mark		5590
PassMark - G2D Mark		531
Geekbench - OpenCL		18376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3306
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2004

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P555	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Kepler
Code name	Skylake GT3e	GK104
Launch date	1 September 2015	22 March 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	544
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$579.99
Value for money (0-100)		12.83
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1058 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1006 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	195 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1536
Floating-point performance		3,090.4 gflops
Pipelines		1536
Texture fill rate		128.8 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.0" (25.4 cm)
SLI options		3-way
Supplementary power connectors		Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2048 MB
Memory bandwidth		192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed		6008 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA