AMD Radeon R5 A330 vs Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 A330 and Intel Iris Graphics 6100 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon R5 A330

Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 A330

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 300 MHz
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
6.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20041 vs 3022

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2015 vs 5 January 2015
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	20041 vs 3022

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 A330
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20041

3022

Name	AMD Radeon R5 A330	Intel Iris Graphics 6100
Geekbench - OpenCL	20041	3022
PassMark - G3D Mark		903
PassMark - G2D Mark		314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3331

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 A330	Intel Iris Graphics 6100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 8.0
Code name	Exo	Broadwell GT3
Launch date	21 October 2015	5 January 2015
Place in performance rating	1084	1085
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	320	48
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	189 million
Boost clock speed		1100 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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