Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP 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

ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1260 vs 150
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 155

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 23 January 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1260 vs 150
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 155

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 120 vs 48
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	120 vs 48
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1260

150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

155

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1260	150
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	155
Geekbench - OpenCL	6388
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	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	TeraScale
Code name	Skylake GT3e	RV635
Launch date	1 September 2015	23 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1066	1063
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	120
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	378 million
Floating-point performance		174 gflops
Texture fill rate		5.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	512 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR2
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		16 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
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