Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh vs Iris Plus Graphics 640

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking696not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency18.57no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT3eTU104B
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)8 June 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3843072
Core clock speed300 MHz1035 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors189 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate52.80296.6
Floating-point processing power0.8448 TFLOPS9.492 TFLOPS
ROPs664
TMUs48192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB16 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.2.140
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 8 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 110 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics 640 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 633.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Plus Graphics 640 and Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Plus Graphics 640 is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Iris Plus Graphics 640
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh
Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.3 298 votes

Rate Iris Plus Graphics 640 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
5 1 vote

Rate Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.