Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 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 Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.4x more boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 450 MHz
4x more pipelines: 48 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
5.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 89 Watt
128x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 256 MB
9.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1347 vs 138
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 24 February 2005
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 89 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347 vs 138
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 198

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1347

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

198

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	198
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
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 Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Curie
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	NV41
Launch date	3 January 2017	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	1159	873
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48	12
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	222 million
Texture fill rate		5.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	600 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	256
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Technologies
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