Intel iris plus graphics 650 review

GeneralRelease DateJan 3rd, 2017GenerationHD Graphics-MOutputsPortable Device DependentPower ConnectorsNonePower Consumption15 WPerformanceBase Clock Speed300 MHzBoost Clock Speed1150 MHzPixel Fillrate6.9 GPixel/sTexture Fillrate55.2 GTexel/sMemoryMemory SizeSystem-SharedMemory BandwidthSystem-Shared

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Base Clock 300 MHz Boost Clock 1150 MHz Memory Clock System Shared

Memory

Memory Size System Shared Memory Type System Shared Memory Bus System Shared Bandwidth System Dependent

Render Config

Shading Units 384 TMUs 48 ROPs 6 Execution Units 48

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate 6.900 GPixel/s Texture Rate 55.20 GTexel/s FP16 (half) 1.766 TFLOPS (2:1) FP32 (float) 883.2 GFLOPS FP64 (double) 220.8 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

Slot Width IGP TDP 15 W Outputs Portable Device Dependent

Intel started Iris Plus Graphics 650 sales 3 January 2017. This is a Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake architecture notebook card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x1 interface. Power consumption is at 15 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 4.52% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

General info

Some basic facts about Iris Plus Graphics 650: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance rankingPlace by popularitynot in top-100Value for money0.87ArchitectureGen. 9.5 Kaby Lake (2015−2017)GPU code nameKaby Lake GT3eMarket segmentLaptopRelease date3 January 2017 (6 years old)Current price$949 of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

Iris Plus Graphics 650's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Iris Plus Graphics 650's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)Core clock speed300 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)Boost clock speed1100 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)Number of transistors189 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)Manufacturing process technology14 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)Texture fill rate55.20of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)Floating-point performance883 gflopsof 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

Information on Iris Plus Graphics 650's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Iris Plus Graphics 650: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4Maximum RAM amount32 GBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)Memory bus width64/128 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)Memory clock speedSystem Sharedof 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)Shared memory+

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Iris Plus Graphics 650. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Iris Plus Graphics 650. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

API support

APIs supported by Iris Plus Graphics 650, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)Shader Model6.4OpenGL4.6OpenCL2.1Vulkan1.1.103

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Iris Plus Graphics 650. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Iris Plus Graphics 650

4.52

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

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3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

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3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good Iris Plus Graphics 650 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey8−9 Assassin's Creed Valhalla2−3 Battlefield 512−14 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare14−16 Cyberpunk 20778−9 Far Cry 59−10 Far Cry New Dawn9−10 Forza Horizon 414−16 Hitman 310−11 Horizon Zero Dawn8−9 Red Dead Redemption 29−10 Shadow of the Tomb Raider12−14 Watch Dogs: Legion5−6

Full HD High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey8−9 Assassin's Creed Valhalla2−3 Battlefield 512−14 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare14−16 Cyberpunk 20778−9 Far Cry 59−10 Far Cry New Dawn9−10 Forza Horizon 414−16 Hitman 310−11 Horizon Zero Dawn8−9 Metro Exodus7−8 Red Dead Redemption 29−10 Shadow of the Tomb Raider12−14 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt10−11 Watch Dogs: Legion5−6

Full HD Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey8−9 Assassin's Creed Valhalla2−3 Battlefield 512−14 Cyberpunk 20778−9 Far Cry 59−10 Far Cry New Dawn9−10 Forza Horizon 414−16 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt10−11 Watch Dogs: Legion5−6

1440p High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare7−8 Hitman 38−9 Horizon Zero Dawn10−11 Metro Exodus4−5 Red Dead Redemption 23−4 Shadow of the Tomb Raider8−9

1440p Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey1−2 Cyberpunk 20772−3 Far Cry 57−8 Far Cry New Dawn4−5 Forza Horizon 46−7 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt6−7 Watch Dogs: Legion0−1

4K High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare3−4 Hitman 34−5 Horizon Zero Dawn7−8 Red Dead Redemption 22−3 Shadow of the Tomb Raider1−2 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt1−2

4K Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey1−2 Assassin's Creed Valhalla1−2 Cyberpunk 20770−1 Far Cry 56−7 Far Cry New Dawn7−8 Forza Horizon 45−6 Watch Dogs: Legion1−2

Relative perfomance

Overall Iris Plus Graphics 650 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.


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Questions and comments

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Is Intel Iris Plus a good graphics card?

Is it good enough? Being an Integrated GPU, it comes nowhere close to dedicated Video Cards from AMD & Nvidia. It is also weaker than most Integrated GPUs from AMD (Vega 8 and Vega 11). The exact performance of Iris Plus Graphics 655 will vary between different devices due to the difference in CPU & Memory Type.

Is Intel Graphics 650 good?

The fastest chips are high-clocked Core i7 models like the Core i7-7567U. Depending on the game, the Iris Plus 650 will probably be on par with a dedicated GeForce 930M and can handle smooth gameplay in modern titles in low up to medium settings.

What is Intel Iris Plus Graphics equivalent to?

Intel Iris Plus G7 (in the new 10th generation “Ice Lake” laptop CPUs) are roughly equivalent to an Nvidia GT 1030 or MX 150 or 230, or AMD RX 540 or Vega 9 or 10 .

Is Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 good for gaming?

The fastest chips are high-clocked Core i7 models like the Core i7-8559U. Depending on the game, the Iris Plus 655 will probably be on par with a dedicated GeForce 930M or GeForce 940MX and can handle smooth gameplay in modern titles in low up to medium settings.