Intel Iris Graphics 550
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Intel Iris Graphics 550
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

419
Place in performance rating
31
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Value for money (0-100)
19.29
Gen. 9 Skylake
Architecture
Pascal
Skylake GT3e
Code name
GP102
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
28 February 2017 (4 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$699
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Price now
$780 (1.1x MSRP)
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Value for money
37.27
Skylake GT3e
GPU code name
GP102
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
3584
300 MHz
Core clock speed
1481 MHz
1100 MHz
Boost Clock
1582 MHz
189 million
Transistor count
11,800 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
52.80
Texture fill rate
354.4
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Floating-point performance
11,340 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
91 °C
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
1100 MHz
Boost clock speed
1600 MHz
189 million
Number of transistors
11,800 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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SLI options
+
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Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti can be seen in this section.

eDRAM
Memory type
GDDR5X
64 MB
Maximum RAM amount
11 GB
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Memory bus width
352 Bit
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Memory clock speed
11000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
484.4 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
+
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
3.0
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CUDA
+
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Ansel
+
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Virtual Reality
+
+
Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.97
Vulkan
+
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
2.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Graphics 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel Iris Graphics 550 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 248 213 207 153 118 71.9
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 253 204 137 119 88.6 51.9
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 179 131 67.6
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel Iris Graphics 550

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (64 MB vs 11 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

70.65% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3584 vs 384)

G-SYNC support

So, Intel Iris Graphics 550 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti .

Intel Iris Graphics 550 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Iris Graphics 550
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti