Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs AMD Radeon R5 M315

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon R5 M315 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 R5 M315

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1259 vs 477
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 165
Around 76% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6284 vs 3573
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2308 vs 780
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2308 vs 780

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1259 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 165
Geekbench - OpenCL	6284 vs 3573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308 vs 780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308 vs 780

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

3.2x more core clock speed: 970 MHz vs 300 MHz
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2761 vs 1237
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2761 vs 1237

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	970 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2761 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2761 vs 1237

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M315

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1259

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

165

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6284

3573

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2308

780

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

2761

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2308

780

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1237

2761

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	AMD Radeon R5 M315
PassMark - G3D Mark	1259	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	165
Geekbench - OpenCL	6284	3573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1237	2761
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1237	2761
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 540	AMD Radeon R5 M315
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Skylake GT3e	Meso
Launch date	1 September 2015	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1057	1118
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	970 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	320
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	3,100 million
Compute units		5
Floating-point performance		745.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		23.28 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	4 GB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR3
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore