Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs FirePro D500

Place in the ranking	428	663
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.71	20.70
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Coffee Lake GT3e
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 January 2014 (11 years ago)	3 April 2018 (6 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 cores	1536	384
Core clock speed	725 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1050 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm+++
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	69.60	50.40
Floating-point processing power	2.227 TFLOPS	0.8064 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	6
TMUs	96	48

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	Ring Bus
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data

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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	384 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1270 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors

6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

Portable Device Dependent

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.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	45−50 +137%	19 −137%
1440p	21−24 +110%	10 −110%
4K	35−40 +133%	15 −133%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Elden Ring	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	18 +0%	18 +0%
Metro Exodus	11 +0%	11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Dota 2	17 +0%	17 +0%
Elden Ring	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	16 +0%	16 +0%
Fortnite	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	17 +0%	17 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	10 +0%	10 +0%
Metro Exodus	5 +0%	5 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	41 +0%	41 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
World of Tanks	50 +0%	50 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Dota 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	15 +0%	15 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	4 +0%	4 +0%
Elden Ring	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	4 +0%	4 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
World of Tanks	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Elden Ring	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
World of Tanks	12 +0%	12 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	12 +0%	12 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Fortnite	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Valorant	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

This is how FirePro D500 and Iris Plus Graphics 655 compete in popular games:

FirePro D500 is 137% faster in 1080p
FirePro D500 is 110% faster in 1440p
FirePro D500 is 133% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 61 test (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.78	4.50
Recency	18 January 2014	3 April 2018
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	15 Watt

FirePro D500 has a 139.6% higher aggregate performance score.

Iris Plus Graphics 655, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1726.7% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Plus Graphics 655 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation card while Iris Plus Graphics 655 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.