Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

393
Place in performance rating
816
Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Architecture
Fermi
Coffee Lake GT3e
Code name
GF108
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 September 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$999
Price now
$55
2.44
Value for money
0.27
Kaby Lake GT3e
GPU code name
N12P-GT
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
96
300 MHz
Core clock speed
740 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
189 million
Transistor count
585 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
50.40
Texture fill rate
11.8 billion/sec
no data
Floating-point performance
284.16 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
96
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
1200 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
189 million
Number of transistors
585 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Laptop size
large

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 Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M can be seen in this section.

DDR3/DDR4
Memory type
DDR3
no data
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
no data
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M is the additional functionality.

no data
CUDA
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
+
Quick Sync
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 API
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.103
Vulkan
N/A
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
2.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M 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 Plus Graphics 655 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 54.8 17.3 11.6
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
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 Plus Graphics 655

8.52% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 35 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

Cheaper ($55 vs $999)

So, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 .

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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