GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs Iris Plus Graphics 640

Place in the ranking	703	296
Place by popularity	not in top-100	20
Power efficiency	17.63	28.43
Architecture	Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	17 December 2021 (3 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 cores	384	2048
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1185 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm++	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	52.80	94.53
Floating-point processing power	0.8448 TFLOPS	6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs	6	32
TMUs	48	64
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x8

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 type	DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 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 Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready	no data	+
Quick Sync	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Iris Plus Graphics 640 3.86

RTX 2050 Mobile 18.68
+384%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Iris Plus Graphics 640 2379

RTX 2050 Mobile 12495
+425%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Iris Plus Graphics 640 1394

RTX 2050 Mobile 8965
+543%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Iris Plus Graphics 640 11248

RTX 2050 Mobile 58257
+418%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Iris Plus Graphics 640 437

RTX 2050 Mobile 3221
+637%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	22 −90.9%	42 +90.9%
1440p	7−8 −386%	34 +386%
4K	5−6 −400%	25 +400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−600%

49
+600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −282%	40−45 +282%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1300%	42 +1300%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −663%	60−65 +663%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −500%	42 +500%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −450%	40−45 +450%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −409%	110−120 +409%
Hitman 3	9−10 −389%	44 +389%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −237%	90−95 +237%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −814%	60−65 +814%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −307%	60−65 +307%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −110%	85−90 +110%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −282%	40−45 +282%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −600%	21 +600%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −663%	60−65 +663%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −329%	30 +329%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −450%	40−45 +450%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −409%	110−120 +409%
Hitman 3	9−10 −378%	43 +378%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −237%	90−95 +237%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −814%	60−65 +814%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −313%	62 +313%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −163%	40−45 +163%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −110%	85−90 +110%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −282%	40−45 +282%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −133%	7 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −257%	25 +257%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −450%	40−45 +450%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −409%	110−120 +409%
Hitman 3	9−10 −333%	39 +333%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −237%	90−95 +237%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −267%	55 +267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4 −725%	33 +725%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +133%	18 −133%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−400%

50−55
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −414%	35−40 +414%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −367%	27−30 +367%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −533%	18−20 +533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −450%	10−12 +450%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −450%	21−24 +450%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −2475%	100−110 +2475%
Hitman 3	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −363%	110−120 +363%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−343%

30−35
+343%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Metro Exodus	0−1	20−22

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	4−5
Far Cry 5	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1150%	24−27 +1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−220%

16−18
+220%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	47 +0%	47 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

20−22

+0%

20−22

+0%

This is how Iris Plus Graphics 640 and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is 91% faster in 1080p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 386% faster in 1440p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 400% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Iris Plus Graphics 640 is 133% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 2475% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Iris Plus Graphics 640 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 62 tests (89%)
there's a draw in 7 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.86	18.68
Recency	3 January 2017	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics 640 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 200% lower power consumption.

RTX 2050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 383.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Plus Graphics 640 in performance tests.

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