NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
VS
Intel Iris Graphics 550
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
VS
Intel Iris Graphics 550

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

769
Place in performance rating
419
0.92
Value for money (0-100)
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Fermi / Kepler
Architecture
Gen. 9 Skylake
GF108
Code name
Skylake GT3e
Laptop
Type
Laptop
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
$849.99
Launch price (MSRP)
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$310 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
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0.10
Value for money
no data
N13P-LP
GPU code name
Skylake GT3e
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
300 MHz
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Boost Clock
1100 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
189 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
20 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
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Texture fill rate
52.80
384.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
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Up to 384
CUDA cores
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384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
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Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
585 million
Number of transistors
189 million
20 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
15 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x1
medium sized
Laptop size
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PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550 can be seen in this section.

DDR3\DDR5
Memory type
eDRAM
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
128bit
Memory bus width
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1800 - 4000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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-
Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
HDCP
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Up to 2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
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+
CUDA
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+
Optimus
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+
Verde Drivers
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+
3D Blu-Ray
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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Quick Sync
+
+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
no data
+
DirectCompute
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
1.1.97
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.1
OpenCL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE or Intel Iris Graphics 550 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
Intel Iris Graphics 550
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
Intel Iris Graphics 550
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
Intel Iris Graphics 550
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
Intel Iris Graphics 550
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
Intel Iris Graphics 550
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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of Intel Iris Graphics 550

7.5% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 20 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (64 MB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE or Intel Iris Graphics 550?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel Iris Graphics 550 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE versus Intel Iris Graphics 550 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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