Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 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 GeForce2 MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 175 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 180 nm
1024x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 32 MB
452.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1357 vs 3
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 339 vs 143

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 28 June 2000
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1357 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	339 vs 143

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

339

143

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1357	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	339	143
Geekbench - OpenCL	6586
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 GeForce2 MX
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Celsius
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	NV11 A2
Launch date	3 January 2017	28 June 2000
Place in performance rating	1153	1152
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	20 million
Texture fill rate		700 MTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	7.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	SDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		2.656 GB / s
Memory clock speed		166 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync