AMD Radeon 540X Mobile vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540X Mobile and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1200 MHz
10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3100 vs 2780
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3100 vs 2780
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8361 vs 7344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 1 September 2017
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100 vs 2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100 vs 2780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3343
Geekbench - OpenCL	8361 vs 7344

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1884 vs 1349
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1884 vs 1349
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 363 vs 284
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1739 vs 1425

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1884 vs 1349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1884 vs 1349
PassMark - G2D Mark	363 vs 284
PassMark - G3D Mark	1739 vs 1425

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540X Mobile
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

2780

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

2780

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

1884

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

1884

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3343

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3343

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8361

7344

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

284

363

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1425

1739

Name	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100	2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100	2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1349	1884
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1349	1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3343
Geekbench - OpenCL	8361	7344
PassMark - G2D Mark	284	363
PassMark - G3D Mark	1425	1739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		37.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		54.932
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		619

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Generation 9.5
Code name	Lexa	Coffee Lake GT3e
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	1 September 2017
Place in performance rating	926	1042
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1200 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	48
Pixel fill rate	9.80 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / DDR4
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support