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Qualcomm Adreno 640 vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Qualcomm Adreno 640

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The Qualcomm Adreno 640 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC. The chip will be available from early 2019 and will be used mainly in high-end Android devices.

According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 640 GPU offers a 20% improved performance over the Adreno 630, its predecessor, which is integrated in the Snapdragon 845 SoC. The enhanced performance is achieved by the Adreno 640 having 50% more FP16 and FP32 compute units (ALUs) than the Adreno 630, while its 7 nm FinFET manufacturing process makes it 20% more efficient too.

The Adreno 640 will also support the Vulkan 1.1 API, something which is possible for other Adreno 600 series GPUs too.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

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The Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 (GT3e) is a processor graphics card for Kaby Lake models announced in January 2017. As the successor to the Intel Iris Graphics 540 (Skylake), the Iris Plus Graphics 640 is used for 15-Watt ULV models and is equipped with 64 MB eDRAM cache. There should not be any big changes compared to the Iris Graphics 540.

The so called GT3e version of the Kaby Lake GPU still has 48 Execution Units (EUs), which can reach up to 1050 MHz depending on the model. Besides eDRAM cache, the Iris 640 can also access the system memory (2x 64 Bit DDR3L-1600/LPDDR3-1866/DDR4-2400) via processor interface.

Compared to the Iris Plus 650 from the 28-Watt models, the Iris 640 only has a slightly lower maximum clock as well as the lower TDP, so the utilization of the Turbo Boost potential should be worse.

Performance

The exact performance of the Iris Plus Graphics 640 depends on the CPU model, because maximum clock as well as the size of the L3 cache can differ a bit. The system memory (DDR3/DDR4) will influence the performance as well.

The fastest chips are high-clocked Core i7 models like the Core i7-7660U. Depending on the game, the Iris Plus 640 will probably be similar to the previous model somewhere between a dedicated GeForce 920M and GeForce 940M and is usually limited to low settings in modern games.

Features

The reworked video engine now fully supports hardware decoding of H.265/HEVC videos. Contrary to Skylake, however, Kaby Lake can now also decode H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The video output is possible via DP 1.2/eDP 1.3 (up to 3840 x 2160 @60 Hz), whereas HDMI is also supported in the older 1.4a standard. An HDMI 2.0 output can be added via converter from DisplayPort. The GPU can drive up to three displays simultaneously.

Power Consumption

The Iris Plus Graphics 640 is used for 15-Watt ULV processor and therefore thin notebooks and Ultrabooks.

Qualcomm Adreno 640Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Gen. 9.5 Series
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Adreno 650 compare @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
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Adreno 644 compare
Adreno 643 compare @ 0.81 GHz
Adreno 642 compare
Adreno 642L compare
Adreno 640
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Adreno 620 compare
Adreno 619 compare
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Adreno 618 compare
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Adreno 610 compare
Iris Plus Graphics 655 compare 48 @ 0.3 - 1.2 GHz
Iris Plus Graphics 650 compare 48 @ 0.3 - 1.1 GHz64/128 Bit
Iris Plus Graphics 645 compare 48 @ 0.3 - 1.15 GHz
Iris Plus Graphics 640 48 @ 0.3 - 1.05 GHz64/128 Bit
UHD Graphics 630 compare 24 @ 0.3 - 1.15 GHz64/128 Bit
UHD Graphics P630 compare 24 @ 0.3 - 1.2 GHz64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 630 compare 24 @ 0.3 - 1.15 GHz64/128 Bit
HD Graphics P630 compare 24 64/128 Bit
UHD Graphics 620 compare 24 @ 0.3 - 1.15 GHz
HD Graphics 620 compare 24 @ 0.3 - 1.05 GHz64/128 Bit
UHD Graphics 617 compare 24 @ 0.3 - 1.15 GHz64/128 Bit
UHD Graphics 615 compare 24 @ 0.3 - 1 GHz64/128 Bit
HD Graphics 615 compare 24 @ 0.3 - 1.05 GHz64/128 Bit
Shared Memoryyesyes
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.4
technology10 nm14 nm
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1QuickSync
Date of Announcement12.02.2018 03.01.2017
CodenameKaby Lake GT3e
ArchitectureGen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Pipelines48 - unified
Core Speed300 - 1050 (Boost) MHz
Memory Bus Width64/128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3/DDR4
Max. Amount of Memory64 MB
CPU in Adreno 640GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8608 x ? MHz, 5 W250 MHz675 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ / 855 Plus8 x ? MHz, 5 W250 MHz675 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8558 x 2840 MHz, 5 W? MHz585 MHz
min. - max.? - 250 MHz585 - 675 MHz
CPU in Iris Plus Graphics 640GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Intel Core i7-7660U2 x 2500 MHz, 15 W300 MHz1050 MHz
Intel Core i7-7560U2 x 2400 MHz, 15 W300 MHz1050 MHz
Intel Core i5-7360U2 x 2300 MHz, 15 W300 MHz1000 MHz
Intel Core i5-7260U2 x 2200 MHz, 15 W300 MHz950 MHz
min. - max.300 MHz585 - 1050 MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 467     avg: 499.8     median: 494.5 (1%)     max: 543 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 413     avg: 442.5     median: 437 (1%)     max: 483 Points
min: 142163     avg: 147298     median: 145481 (16%)     max: 154251 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 7558     avg: 8025     median: 8067 (9%)     max: 8711 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 10486     avg: 11119     median: 11248 (3%)     max: 11495 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 1236     avg: 1349     median: 1310 (2%)     max: 1509 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 1315     avg: 1411     median: 1393.5 (2%)     max: 1541 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 3079     avg: 3323     median: 3436 (2%)     max: 3455 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 864     avg: 936     median: 970 (1%)     max: 974 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 2136     avg: 2440     median: 2561 (4%)     max: 2664 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1980     avg: 2275     median: 2379 (2%)     max: 2493 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
3DMark 06
min: 13164     avg: 14118     median: 14117.5 (18%)     max: 15071 Points
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
6.5 fps (2%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 8824     avg: 9678     median: 9703 (7%)     max: 10506 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
46.1 fps (16%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 41.32     avg: 54     median: 56.2 (3%)     max: 62.3 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
min: 97.8     avg: 98.2     median: 97.8 (98%)     max: 99.3 %
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
6.6 fps (3%)
40.7 fps (5%)
56.1 fps (1%)
31.2 fps (2%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 640
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
171 fps (1%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 204205     avg: 204715     median: 204715 (26%)     max: 205225 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
64.9 fps (0%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
2968 Points (1%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Vulkan
2419 Points (1%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 315     avg: 325     median: 325 (1%)     max: 335 Samples/s
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 748     avg: 779     median: 778.5 (1%)     max: 809 Samples/s
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 1575     avg: 1677     median: 1677 (2%)     max: 1779 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
min: 10504     avg: 18251     median: 14922.5 (15%)     max: 40654 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
min: 4244     avg: 11804     median: 5422.5 (9%)     max: 44840 Points
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 30.8     avg: 33.6     median: 31.5 (4%)     max: 38.5 Watt
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 28     avg: 33.5     median: 33.5 (5%)     max: 38.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 31.7     avg: 34.9     median: 34.9 (8%)     max: 38.1 Watt
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
7.8 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
0.1 fps per Watt (9%)
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
33.4 dB(A) (53%)
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
min: 748     avg: 823     median: 823 (32%)     max: 898 MHz
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
min: 570     avg: 634     median: 634 (25%)     max: 698 MHz

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 640 → 100% n=5

Average Benchmarks Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 → 90% n=5

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Armajet

Armajet

2020
high
100%
Adreno 640:
30 30 ~ 30 fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
high
100%
Adreno 640:
30 30 30 40 40 40 59 60 60 ~ 43 fps
World of Tanks Blitz

World of Tanks Blitz

2018
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60  fps
Arena of Valor

Arena of Valor

2018
low
100%
Adreno 640:
59 60 60 60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
ultra
100%
Adreno 640:
30 59 60 60 60 60 60 60 61 62 ~ 57 fps
Shadow Fight 3

Shadow Fight 3

2018
low
100%
Adreno 640:
59 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
high
100%
Adreno 640:
59 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
Battle Bay

Battle Bay

2018
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
13.8  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
28  fps
FIFA 18

FIFA 18

2017
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
69.5 (!)  fps
med. 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
38.8 (!)  fps
F1 2017

F1 2017

2017
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
33 38 ~ 36 fps
med. 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
15 15 ~ 15 fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
22.9  fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
99  fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
48  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
31.8  fps
Dirt 4

Dirt 4

2017
med. 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
27.5 (!)  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
69.3 96 101 103 ~ 92 fps
med. 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
33.9 35.8 42.6 48.2 ~ 40 fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
24.9 25.3 29.3 33.6 ~ 28 fps
Prey

Prey

2017
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
39.9 45.4 ~ 43 fps
med. 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
17.9 18.1 ~ 18 fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
14.8  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
33.8  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
20.4  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
16 16.6 ~ 16 fps
For Honor

For Honor

2017
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
30.8 33.5 ~ 32 fps
med. 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
11.8 12.7 ~ 12 fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
42.9 45 ~ 44 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
31.4  fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
22.9  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
121  fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
91  fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
31.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
17.8  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
26.6 29.2 38.6 ~ 31 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
19.6 24.2 ~ 22 fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
9.2 11.1 ~ 10 fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
20.2  fps
Overwatch

Overwatch

2016
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
53.6 56.1 63.3 67.3 ~ 60 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
24.1 36.5 41 52.9 ~ 39 fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
15.9 29.9 36.5 ~ 27 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
19.5  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
24.9  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
28  fps
med. 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
13  fps
low 1024x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
23.5 25.8 ~ 25 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
16.7 19.4 ~ 18 fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
9.1  fps
low 1024x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
45.4 (!) 50.5 59.2 ~ 52 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
29 30.7 (!) 32.9 ~ 31 fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
16.4 16.6 (!) 18.7 ~ 17 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
14.2  fps
low 1024x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
44.7  fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
26.2  fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
12.9  fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
68 92 ~ 80 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
55 63.7 ~ 59 fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
27.6 29.5 ~ 29 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
19.8 23 ~ 21 fps
low 1024x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
16.4 17.5 21 21.7 ~ 19 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
13.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
4  fps
GTA V

GTA V

2015
low 1024x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
56.7  fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
28.9  fps
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
11.8  fps
Sims 4

Sims 4

2014
high 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
28.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
20.2 20.8 ~ 21 fps
low 1024x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
43.1 60.3 ~ 52 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
29.7 42 ~ 36 fps
high 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
23.2 30.7 ~ 27 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
8.2 9.9 ~ 9 fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60 120 ~ 90 fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
100%
Adreno 640:
28 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 60 ~ 36 fps
high
100%
Adreno 640:
28 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 ~ 33 fps
low 1280x720
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
61 68.2 ~ 65 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
40.2 45.1 ~ 43 fps
high 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
33.5 38.3 ~ 36 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
10.7 12.5 ~ 12 fps
low 1024x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
103 132.6 ~ 118 fps
med. 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
54.1 68.7 ~ 61 fps
high 1366x768
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
37 47.1 ~ 42 fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
17.2 21.6 ~ 19 fps
Temple Run 2

Temple Run 2

2013
high
100%
Adreno 640:
120  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
35.2  fps
Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers

2012
high
100%
Adreno 640:
60 120 ~ 90 fps
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
high 1280x1024
Iris Plus Graphics 640:
28.5  fps

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 640 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Qualcomm Adreno 640lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Armajet30
PUBG Mobile43
World of Tanks Blitz60
Arena of Valor6057
Shadow Fight 36060
Battle Bay60
Dead Trigger 290
Asphalt 9: Legends3633
Temple Run 2120
Subway Surfers90
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< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps

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Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640lowmed.highultraQHD4K
The Evil Within 213.8
Middle-earth: Shadow of War28
FIFA 1869.538.8
F1 20173615
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)22.9
Team Fortress 2994831.8
Dirt 427.5
Rocket League924028
Prey431814.8
Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III33.8
Mass Effect Andromeda20.4
Ghost Recon Wildlands16
For Honor3212
Titanfall 24431.422.9
Farming Simulator 171219131.617.8
Battlefield 1312210
Deus Ex Mankind Divided20.2
Overwatch60392719.5
The Division24.9
Far Cry Primal2813
Rise of the Tomb Raider25189.1
Rainbow Six Siege52311714.2
Star Wars Battlefront44.726.212.9
Dota 2 Reborn80592921
The Witcher 31913.44
GTA V56.728.911.8
Sims 428.621
Battlefield 45236279
BioShock Infinite65433612
Tomb Raider118614219
Diablo III35.2
World of Warcraft28.5
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< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps
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