Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

393
Place in performance rating
407
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Value for money (0-100)
5.29
Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Architecture
Maxwell
Coffee Lake GT3e
Code name
GM107
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 September 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
$999
Price now
$797
2.44
Value for money
1.41
Kaby Lake GT3e
GPU code name
N16P-GT
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
640
300 MHz
Core clock speed
914 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1124 MHz
189 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
50.40
Texture fill rate
44.96
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Floating-point performance
1,439 gflops
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CUDA cores
640
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1200 MHz
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
189 million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 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 GTX 950M.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Laptop size
medium sized
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

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 GTX 950M can be seen in this section.

DDR3/DDR4
Memory type
DDR3 or GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1000 or 2500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
32 or 80 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
+
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VGA аnalog display support
+
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+

Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Optimus
+
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Ansel
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+
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BatteryBoost
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
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Adaptive VSync
+
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DSR
+
+
Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.103
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
2.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 GTX 950M 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 GTX 950M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 79.9 38.4 28.8 18.5 12.6
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 54.8 17.3 11.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 98.1 37.5 20.5 14.8 10
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
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

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 75 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

0.89% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($797 vs $999)

More pipelines (640 vs 384)

So, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M .

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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