Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 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.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
256x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 128 MB
32.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1347 vs 41
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 173

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 23 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347 vs 41
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 173

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

Around 42% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1347

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

173

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347	41
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	173
Geekbench - OpenCL	6445
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	720

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Rankine
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	NV36 A1
Launch date	3 January 2017	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1159	988
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	82 million
Texture fill rate		1.7 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		16 GB / s
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
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