GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs Iris Graphics 550

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking711not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.96no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSkylake GT3eAD104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3845888
Core clock speed300 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors189 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate48.00455.4
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs664
TMUs48184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared12 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data480.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 20 August 2024
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 200 Watt

Iris Graphics 550 has 1233.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Graphics 550 and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 550 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 is a desktop one.


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