Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs AMD Radeon HD 8350 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 8350 OEM 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, 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.

Intel Iris Graphics 540

AMD Radeon HD 8350 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 19 Watt
7.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1261 vs 163
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 222
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6406 vs 2883

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 8 January 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 19 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1261 vs 163
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 222
Geekbench - OpenCL	6406 vs 2883

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8350 OEM

2.2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 48
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8350 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1261

163

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

222

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6406

2883

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	AMD Radeon HD 8350 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1261	163
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	222
Geekbench - OpenCL	6406	2883
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 540	AMD Radeon HD 8350 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Skylake GT3e	Cedar
Launch date	1 September 2015	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	1066	1067
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	80
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	292 million
Floating-point performance		104.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		5.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	1 GB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1334 MHz
Technologies
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