AMD Radeon R7 M460 vs Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M460 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M460

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1090 vs 898
  • Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4999 vs 3028
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2294 vs 1404
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1767 vs 1139
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2294 vs 1404
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1767 vs 1139
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 5 January 2015
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1125 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1090 vs 898
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999 vs 3028
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1767 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1767 vs 1139

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
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 207
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 2772
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 2772
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 314 vs 207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 vs 2772
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 vs 2772

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M460
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 6100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1090
898
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
207
314
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4999
3028
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3331
Name AMD Radeon R7 M460 Intel Iris Graphics 6100
PassMark - G3D Mark 1090 898
PassMark - G2D Mark 207 314
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999 3028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 358.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.168
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1767 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2772 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1767 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2772 3331

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M460 Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Generation 8.0
Code name Meso Broadwell GT3
Launch date 15 May 2016 5 January 2015
Place in performance rating 1220 1074
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1125 MHz 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 384 48
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 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 2.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

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
Shared memory 0 1

Technologies

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