AMD Radeon R8 M350DX vs Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M350DX and Intel Iris Graphics 5100 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.8x more core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1843 vs 1019
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1843 vs 1019
4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19471 vs 4447

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 December 2015 vs 27 May 2013
Core clock speed	955 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1843 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1843 vs 1019
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471 vs 4447

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1030 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1668 vs 1662
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1668 vs 1662

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M350DX
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 5100

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

1019

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19471

4447

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

1668

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

1668

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	Intel Iris Graphics 5100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1843	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1843	1019
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471	4447
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1662	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1662	1668
PassMark - G3D Mark		745
PassMark - G2D Mark		270

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	Intel Iris Graphics 5100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 7.5
Code name	Jet	Haswell GT3
Launch date	12 December 2015	27 May 2013
Place in performance rating	1276	1192
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	955 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,300 million
Pipelines		40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Memory bus width		64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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