Iris Plus Graphics 655: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide

The Iris Plus Graphics 655 was Intel's 2018 mid-tier Gen9.5 integrated GPU with eDRAM — the middle sibling of the 640/650/655 family this catalog covers. No catalog laptop models name-match this record, so this is a benchmark-only page. 16 games are benchmarked at 1080p.

Where the Iris Plus 655 sits in 2026

The composite score of 16.9 ranks #222 of 341 — among the GeForce MX230 (17.0), Radeon 610M (17.0), FirePro W5170M (17.0), the Radeon Vega 10 Mobile record (16.4) and a QUALCOMM-labeled Apple M4 record (16.3). Lower-mid-table company: entry dedicated chips of several eras and the weaker integrated parts.

What the chip brings

The record lists a 14 nm Generation 9.5 design, a 15 W envelope and system-shared memory. Public entries: PassMark 1,723, Time Spy 605, Fire Strike 1,983, GeekBench Vulkan 8,355 and OpenCL 6,555. The eDRAM cache was this family's distinguishing trick — helpful in its day for latency-sensitive loads.

FPS in games at 1080p

At the high preset: legacy titles post 140–240 as always; the modern rows tell the story — Valorant at 55, Dota 2 at 32, Fortnite at 22, Forza Horizon 4 at 20, Battlefield 5 and Counter-Strike 2 at 16, Far Cry 5 and The Witcher 3 at 11, Forza Horizon 5 at 10, Cyberpunk 2077 at 8, and Resident Evil 4 Remake and Metro Exodus at 6. Below the playable line for anything but light esports.

Bottom line

The 655 is a 2018 thin-and-light iGPU whose gaming relevance has passed: even Valorant lands at 55 at 1080p high, and everything heavier slides to single digits. Its page earns its keep as the middle datapoint of the 640/650/655 trio — compare the three tables to see the eDRAM-tier ladder Intel shipped that year. For actual play at this budget, any modern entry iGPU or MX-class dGPU page in this catalog shows a better table.