AMD Radeon RX 640 vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 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), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 3.6x more core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1218 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1769 vs 1514
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1769 vs 1514
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3278 vs 2306
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3278 vs 2306
  • Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10390 vs 6440
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1952 vs 1347
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 May 2019 vs 3 January 2017
Core clock speed 1082 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1218 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines 512 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 vs 2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 vs 2306
Geekbench - OpenCL 10390 vs 6440
PassMark - G3D Mark 1952 vs 1347

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 2775
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 2775
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 vs 2775

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
2306
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10390
6440
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
340
340
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1952
1347
Name AMD Radeon RX 640 Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2775 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2775 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 2306
Geekbench - OpenCL 10390 6440
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 340
PassMark - G3D Mark 1952 1347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.485
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 246.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 42.981
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 720

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 640 Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Generation 9.5
Code name Arctic Islands Kaby Lake GT3e
Launch date 13 May 2019 3 January 2017
Place in performance rating 810 1159
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1218 MHz 1100 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines 512 48
Pixel fill rate 19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 189 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x1
Length 5.7 inches (145 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory 1

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Quick Sync