Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL 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 Quadro4 900 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
256x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 128 MB
269.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1347 vs 5
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 194

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 19 February 2002
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 194

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1347

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

194

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	194
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 Quadro4 900 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Kelvin
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	NV25 A2
Launch date	3 January 2017	19 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1159	915
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	63 million
Texture fill rate		2.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		10.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		650 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync