NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile vs Intel Iris Graphics 550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile and Intel Iris Graphics 550 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Intel Iris Graphics 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1041 MHz vs 300 MHz
8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1873 vs 1427
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3079 vs 2675
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3079 vs 2675
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1692 vs 1290
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1692 vs 1290

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 January 2017 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	1041 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1873 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3079 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3079 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1692 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1692 vs 1290

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 227
Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7012 vs 6059
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3157 vs 3011
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3157 vs 3011

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 227
Geekbench - OpenCL	7012 vs 6059
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3157 vs 3011
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3157 vs 3011

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

305

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1873

1427

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6059

7012

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3079

2675

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3079

2675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1692

1290

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1692

1290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3011

3157

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3011

3157

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile	Intel Iris Graphics 550
PassMark - G2D Mark	227	305
PassMark - G3D Mark	1873	1427
Geekbench - OpenCL	6059	7012
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3079	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3079	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1692	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1692	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3011	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3011	3157

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile	Intel Iris Graphics 550
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Generation 9.0
Code name	GM108	Skylake GT3e
Launch date	11 January 2017	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	957	958
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1041 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	799.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	384	48
Texture fill rate	16.66 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt
Boost clock speed		1100 MHz
Transistor count		189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	eDRAM
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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