AMD Radeon 540 vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon 540

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 7093
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2355 vs 1564
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2355 vs 1564

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 3 January 2017
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524 vs 7093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2355 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2355 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1124 MHz
735.8x better floating-point performance: 883 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 251
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1594 vs 1383
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2652 vs 1726
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2652 vs 1726

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	362 vs 251
PassMark - G3D Mark	1594 vs 1383
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2652 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2652 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

362

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1383

1594

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35524

7093

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2355

1564

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2355

1564

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1726

2652

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1726

2652

Name	AMD Radeon 540	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
PassMark - G2D Mark	251	362
PassMark - G3D Mark	1383	1594
Geekbench - OpenCL	35524	7093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2355	1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2355	1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1726	2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1726	2652

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
Essentials
Architecture	4th Gen GCN	Generation 9.5
Code name	Topaz	Kaby Lake GT3e
Design	AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	3 January 2017
Place in performance rating	870	873
Type	Notebook	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1150 MHz
Compute units	8
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	883 gflops
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture Units	32
Core clock speed		300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		14 nm
Pipelines		48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Transistor count		189 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6 Gbps
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory		1
Technologies
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
Quick Sync
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x1