Apple M1 Pro 14-core vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 14-core and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39965 vs 6620
8.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20379 vs 2306
8.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20379 vs 2306
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7440 vs 1514
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7440 vs 1514
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6721 vs 3333
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6721 vs 3333

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2021 vs 3 January 2017
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	39965 vs 6620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379 vs 2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379 vs 2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721 vs 3333

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

3.4x more pipelines: 48 vs 14

Pipelines	48 vs 14

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Pro 14-core
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39965

6620

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

2306

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

2306

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

1514

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

1514

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3333

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3333

Name	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Geekbench - OpenCL	39965	6620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379	2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379	2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721	3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721	3333
PassMark - G3D Mark		1358
PassMark - G2D Mark		338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		36.485
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		246.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		42.981
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		720

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	3 January 2017
Place in performance rating	163	1136
Architecture		Generation 9.5
Code name		Kaby Lake GT3e
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.644 TFLOPS
Pipelines	14	48
Render output units	56
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Boost clock speed		1100 MHz
Transistor count		189 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Maximum RAM amount		32 GB
Shared memory		1
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Technologies
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