Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition 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 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.485 vs 22.656
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2306 vs 1543
  • 88.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2306 vs 26.1
  • 14.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1514 vs 105.1
  • 27.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 119.6
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 1 April 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.485 vs 22.656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2306 vs 1543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306 vs 26.1
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1514 vs 105.1
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 vs 119.6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 719 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 28x more pipelines: 1344 vs 48
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.103 vs 1.888
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6514 vs 1514
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6700 vs 3333
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 719 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1344 vs 48
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.103 vs 1.888
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6514 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6700 vs 3333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.485
22.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.888
2.103
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2306
1543
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
6514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
6700
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2306
26.1
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
105.1
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
119.6
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 1352
PassMark - G2D Mark 340
Geekbench - OpenCL 6533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.485 22.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 246.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.888 2.103
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 1543
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1514 6514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 6700
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306 26.1
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1514 105.1
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 119.6
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 720

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Kepler
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e GK104
Launch date 3 January 2017 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1167 1170
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 719 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 1344
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,540 million
Floating-point performance 1,933 gflops
Texture fill rate 80.53 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz

Technologies

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