Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
Around 60% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1150 vs 720

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 3 January 2017
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1150 vs 720

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1150

720

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1150	720
PassMark - G3D Mark		1364
PassMark - G2D Mark		339
Geekbench - OpenCL		6590
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3333

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Generation 9.5
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	Kaby Lake GT3e
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	3 January 2017
Place in performance rating	1142	1144
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	640	48
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count		189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared
Memory type	System Shared	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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