Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

541
Place in performance rating
250
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Value for money (0-100)
40.57
Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Architecture
Pascal
Kaby Lake GT3e
Code name
GP107
Laptop
Type
Desktop
3 January 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
25 October 2016 (5 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$109
$669
Price now
$349 (3.2x MSRP)
1.45
Value for money
15.09
Kaby Lake GT3e
GPU code name
N17P-G1
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
640
300 MHz
Core clock speed
1290 MHz
1100 MHz
Boost Clock
1392 MHz
189 million
Transistor count
3,300 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
52.80
Texture fill rate
58.20
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Floating-point performance
1,862 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
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CUDA cores
640
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
1392 MHz
189 million
Number of transistors
3,300 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
5.7" (14.5 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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SLI options
-
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Recommended system power (PSU)
300 Watt
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Width
2-slot
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Height
4.38" (11.1 cm)
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SLI
-

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 can be seen in this section.

DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Memory type
GDDR5
32 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
7008 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
+
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HDCP
2.2
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
3.0
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CUDA
+
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Multi-Projection
+
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Ansel
+
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ShadowWorks
+
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GameStream
+
+
Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.103
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
2.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 133 62 40.8 25.9
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 177 62.2 38.2 30.7 19
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 52.5 39.3 31.3 28.2
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 75 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (32 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

19.22% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($349 (3.2x MSRP) vs $669)

More pipelines (640 vs 384)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 .

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050