GeForce 820A vs Iris Plus Graphics 655

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 820A and Iris Plus Graphics 655, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 820A stacks up against Iris Plus Graphics 655, check out specs charts below.

Iris Plus Graphics 655 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Iris Plus Graphics 655 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Iris Plus Graphics 655 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 820A Iris Plus Graphics 655
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x1
Memory type DDR3 DDR3/DDR4
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 15 Watt.
  • GeForce 820A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Iris Plus Graphics 655 uses PCIe 3.0 x1 interface.
  • GeForce 820A is used in Desktops, and Iris Plus Graphics 655 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 820A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Iris Plus Graphics 655 - with Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 820A is 475 MHz higher, than Iris Plus Graphics 655.
  • GeForce 820A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Iris Plus Graphics 655 - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 12−14
ultra / 1080p 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 1−2 27−30
medium / 1080p 0−1 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Iris Plus Graphics 655 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2700% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 820A Iris Plus Graphics 655
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Code name GF117 Kaby Lake GT3e
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 March 2014 1 September 2017
Pipelines 96 48
Core clock speed 775 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 1200 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 189 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 12.40 50.40
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.1
Vulkan N/A 1.1.103
CUDA 2.1
Quick Sync +
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