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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE  vs  Intel Iris Graphics 550.

769
Place in performance rating
419
0.92
Value for money (0-100)
no data
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)
no data
$310 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
no data
0.10
Value for money
no data
N13P-LP
GPU code name
Skylake GT3e
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE  vs  Intel Iris Graphics 550 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

96
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
300 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1100 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
189 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
20 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
no data
Texture fill rate
52.80
384.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
Up to 384
CUDA cores
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384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
no data
Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
585 million
Number of transistors
189 million
20 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
15 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE vs Intel Iris Graphics 550.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE vs Intel Iris Graphics 550.

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

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and Intel Iris Graphics 550 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

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User rating

4.2 Out of 6 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 7 Hitesti Score