AMD Radeon R5 M420 vs Intel Iris Graphics 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M420 and Intel Iris Graphics 540 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 M420

Intel Iris Graphics 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 300 MHz
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14165 vs 6284
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2979 vs 1237
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2979 vs 1237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14165 vs 6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2979 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2979 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3165 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3165 vs 3158

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 493
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 154
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2308 vs 972
139.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2308 vs 16.5

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 493
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308 vs 972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308 vs 16.5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M420
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

493

1258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

154

323

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14165

6284

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

972

2308

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16.5

2308

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2979

1237

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2979

1237

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3165

3158

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3165

3158

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M420	Intel Iris Graphics 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	493	1258
PassMark - G2D Mark	154	323
Geekbench - OpenCL	14165	6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	972	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16.5	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2979	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2979	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3165	3158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3165	3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M420	Intel Iris Graphics 540
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	Jet	Skylake GT3e
Launch date	15 May 2016	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	1113	1057
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	320	48
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	189 million
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 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	eDRAM
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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