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.

 

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: 1260 vs 163
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 222
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6388 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 1260 vs 163
PassMark - G2D Mark 320 vs 222
Geekbench - OpenCL 6388 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
1260
163
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
320
222
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6388
2883
Name Intel Iris Graphics 540 AMD Radeon HD 8350 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1260 163
PassMark - G2D Mark 320 222
Geekbench - OpenCL 6388 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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