Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 64x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1346 vs 462
  • Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 175
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 2485
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 2485
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 1 November 2007
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1346 vs 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 vs 175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 vs 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 vs 2485

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 96 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1346
462
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
340
175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
2485
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1346 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 175
Geekbench - OpenCL 6440
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 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 2485
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 720

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Tesla
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e G92
Launch date 3 January 2017 1 November 2007
Place in performance rating 1159 1152
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 754 million
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 240 gflops
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 MXM-HE
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 512 MB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR3
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed 800 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI