Iris Plus Graphics 650: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide
Iris Plus Graphics 650 — 22 games benchmarked at 1080p.
Iris Plus Graphics 650 — 22 games benchmarked at 1080p . This guide covers what the chip delivers in games, where it sits among mobile GPUs in 2026, and which laptops carry it.
The Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 is the upper 28W tier of the 2017 Kaby Lake integrated lineup — the GT3e design with embedded cache that sat one step above the Iris Plus 640 in premium ultrabooks. This is a benchmark-only page: no catalog listing currently matches this record, so the guide covers its 22 benchmarked games at 1080p (6 with medium-preset data) and the tier's standing.
Where the Iris Plus Graphics 650 sits in 2026
A catalog score of 15.6 ranks it 229th of 341 — the lower third. The neighbors: the HD Graphics Haswell GT2 (16.2), RTX A500 (15.8) and Quadro M1000M (15.8) above; the Iris Plus 645 (15.5), GeForce MX570 A (15.2) and Radeon Vega 8 Compute Engine (14.8) below. Scoring level with a 2015 entry workstation card and above its own 15W sibling (the Iris Plus 640 sits at 12.4) — the embedded cache and higher power budget bought exactly the expected step.
What the chip brings
Generation 9.5 architecture on 14nm in a 15W-class design envelope, with system-shared memory and the GT3e's embedded cache — the bandwidth antidote that defined this tier. Public benchmarks: PassMark 1757, Time Spy 555, Fire Strike 1698, GeekBench Vulkan 8012 and OpenCL 6231. Against the 640 every figure moves up one band; against a modern baseline iGPU none of them compete.
FPS in games at 1080p
The playable block at the high preset: Valorant at 55 fps, Rocket League at 39 (57 on medium), Farming Simulator 17 at 37, DOTA 2 30, Fortnite 24, Rainbow Six Siege 21, Forza Horizon 4 20, Counter-Strike 2 18, Battlefield 5 16 and Dirt 4 at 14 (21 on medium) — with the capped quartet at its 240/140 ceilings. The modern block closes predictably: Forza Horizon 5 10, The Witcher 3 12, Far Cry 5 12, Cyberpunk 2077 9, Metro Exodus 8, Resident Evil 4 remake 6. Esports and older engines at low settings remain the honest use case.
Bottom line
With no matching listing in the catalog, this page serves as the reference for a tier rather than a shopping guide: the Iris Plus 650 was the strongest graphics a 2017 premium ultrabook could carry without a discrete chip, and its table shows both the ceiling of that claim and its limits. Shoppers who meet the name in a used XPS or MacBook-class listing of that era can calibrate here — light 1080p gaming was real, modern titles are not, and the machine's value should rest on its build and portability, with graphics as a period bonus.
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Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
🎮 Iris Plus Graphics 650 — game FPS at 1080p
Average FPS per game, medium and high quality presets.
| Game | Medium (1080p) | High (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overwatch | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | — | 55 | ⚠ Playable |
| Dota 2 | — | 30 | ⚠ Playable |
| Fortnite | — | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Rainbow Six Siege | — | 21 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 4 | — | 20 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield 5 | — | 16 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | — | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Grand Theft Auto V | — | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | — | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | — | 9 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | — | 8 | ✗ Low |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | — | 6 | ✗ Low |
| CS:GO | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| GTA V | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Rocket League | 57 | 39 | ⚠ Playable |
| Farming Simulator 17 | — | 37 | ⚠ Playable |
| Prey | 20 | — | ✗ Low |
| Counter-Strike 2 | — | 18 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry Primal | 15 | — | ✗ Low |
| For Honor | 15 | — | ✗ Low |
| Dirt 4 | 21 | 14 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3 | — | 12 | ✗ Low |
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