A100 PCIe vs Iris Plus Graphics 650

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking648not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.01no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT3eGA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)22 June 2020 (4 years ago)

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 cores3846912
Core clock speed300 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate55.20609.1
Floating-point processing power0.8832 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs6160
TMUs48432
Tensor Coresno data432

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 data267 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount32 GB40 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared5120 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1215 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1,555 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 DependentNo outputs

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 Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.31.2
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 22 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 250 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics 650 has 1566.7% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Plus Graphics 650 and A100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Plus Graphics 650 is a desktop card while A100 PCIe is a workstation one.


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