Intel Iris Plus 655 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Compare Intel Iris Plus 655 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 2 GB, 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

36% slightly better overall score

204 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

7 FPS

2 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

5 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

4 FPS

1 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

3 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

5 FPS

1 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

3 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

2 FPS

Identical

2 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

6879 points

255% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

1933 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

7413 points

100% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

3690 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

8124 points

135% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

3447 points

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

8474 points

293% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

2151 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

7380 points

103% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

3630 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

8354 points

123% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

3735 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz

902 MHz

200% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1050 MHz

1253 MHz

19% slightly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W

226% significantly lower TDP

49 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

6.3 Gigapixels/s

125% significantly higher pixel rate

2.8 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

50.4 Gigatexels/s

350% significantly higher texture rate

11.2 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

384

300% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

200% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

49% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

387th of 586

428th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2015 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

Iris Plus 655 vs GeForce GT 730 benchmarks

For gaming, the Iris Plus 655 graphics card is better than the GeForce GT 730 in our tests.

The GeForce GT 730 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. In addition, the GeForce GT 730 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the Iris Plus 655 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the GeForce GT 730 at 49 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Iris Plus 655 over the GeForce GT 730.