AMD Radeon R7 350 vs Intel Iris Graphics 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 350 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: 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 350

Intel Iris Graphics 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 350

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7742 vs 6284
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3122 vs 1237
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3158
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3122 vs 1237
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3158

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 July 2016 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 48
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	7742 vs 6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3122 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3122 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3158

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 55 Watt
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2308 vs 2072
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2308 vs 2072

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 55 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308 vs 2072
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308 vs 2072

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 350
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 540

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7742

6284

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2072

2308

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

1237

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3158

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2072

2308

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3122

1237

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3158

Name	AMD Radeon R7 350	Intel Iris Graphics 540
Geekbench - OpenCL	7742	6284
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	647.813
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	109.558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2072	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3122	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2072	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3122	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3158
PassMark - G3D Mark		1258
PassMark - G2D Mark		323
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 350	Intel Iris Graphics 540
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Skylake GT3e
Launch date	6 July 2016	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	1097	1057
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	819.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	48
Texture fill rate	25.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	189 million
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	eDRAM
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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