AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs Intel Iris Graphics 540

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1894 vs 1258
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 323
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2408 vs 2308
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 1237
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 3158
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2408 vs 2308
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 1237
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 3158
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2018 vs 1 September 2015
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1894 vs 1258
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 vs 323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2408 vs 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2408 vs 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3158

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 540

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1894
1258
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
355
323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2408
2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2408
2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3158
Name AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient Intel Iris Graphics 540
PassMark - G3D Mark 1894 1258
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 176.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 135.437
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2408 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2408 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 862 0
Geekbench - OpenCL 6284

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient Intel Iris Graphics 540

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Generation 9.0
Code name Raven Skylake GT3e
Launch date 23 April 2018 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 973 1057
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 189 million
Pipelines 48

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB
Memory type eDRAM
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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