AMD Radeon Pro 555X vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555X and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro 555X

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 907 MHz vs 300 MHz
16x more pipelines: 768 vs 48
Around 79% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12519 vs 7012
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4093 vs 2652
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2350 vs 1564
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4093 vs 2652
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2350 vs 1564

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 July 2018 vs 3 January 2017
Core clock speed	907 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 48
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	12519 vs 7012
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4093 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2350 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4093 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2350 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555X
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12519

7012

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

2652

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

1564

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

2652

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

1564

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3340

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
Geekbench - OpenCL	12519	7012
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	668.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	170.952
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4093	2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2350	1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4093	2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2350	1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3340
PassMark - G3D Mark		1590
PassMark - G2D Mark		377

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Generation 9.5
Code name	Polaris 21	Kaby Lake GT3e
Launch date	16 July 2018	3 January 2017
Place in performance rating	981	851
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	907 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	768	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	189 million
Boost clock speed		1150 MHz
Floating-point performance		883 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Maximum RAM amount		32 GB
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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