Intel Iris Plus 655 vs NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Compare Intel Iris Plus 655 vs NVIDIA GeForce 930A, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

278 points

315 points

13% slightly better overall score

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

7 FPS

1 FPS slightly higher Flux Core frame rate

6 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

4 FPS

5 FPS

0 FPS slightly higher Electron frame rate

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

5 FPS

Identical

5 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

2 FPS

4 FPS

1 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

7413 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

5317 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

7380 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

5317 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz

928 MHz

209% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1050 MHz

11% slightly higher boost clock speed

941 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W

120% significantly lower TDP

33 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

6.3 Gigapixels/s

7.53 Gigapixels/s

19% slightly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

50.4 Gigatexels/s

123% significantly higher texture rate

22.58 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

384

Identical

384

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

100% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

33% slightly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

388th of 586

371st of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2015 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

Iris Plus 655 vs GeForce 930A benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark, the Iris Plus 655 GPU is faster than the GeForce 930A in gaming.

Our database shows that the GeForce 930A has a significantly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. Despite this, the Iris Plus 655 has a slightly higher boost clock speed: the maximum frequency the chip can reach if power delivery and thermals allow.

In addition, the Iris Plus 655 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the GeForce 930A at 33 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Iris Plus 655 over the GeForce 930A.