Apple M2 8-core vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 8-core and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Apple M2 8-core

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 8-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.7x more core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26635 vs 7128

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 Jul 2022 vs 3 January 2017
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26635 vs 7128

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

6x more pipelines: 48 vs 8

Pipelines	48 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 8-core
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26635

7128

Name	Apple M2 8-core	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
Geekbench - OpenCL	26635	7128
PassMark - G3D Mark		1604
PassMark - G2D Mark		360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 8-core	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
Essentials
Launch date	15 Jul 2022	3 January 2017
Place in performance rating	872	875
Architecture		Generation 9.5
Code name		Kaby Lake GT3e
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.863 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8	48
Render output units	32
Texture Units	10 Watt
Boost clock speed		1150 MHz
Floating-point performance		883 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Transistor count		189 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Maximum RAM amount		32 GB
Shared memory		1
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Technologies
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