Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 Plus Graphics 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1347 vs 261
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 75
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6440 vs 5751
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 18 September 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1347 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 vs 75
Geekbench - OpenCL 6440 vs 5751

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1514
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3333
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1514
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3333
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 128 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1347
261
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
340
75
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6440
5751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3359
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 1347 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 75
Geekbench - OpenCL 6440 5751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.485
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 246.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 42.981
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1514 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1514 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 720

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 2.0
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Kalindi
Launch date 3 January 2017 18 September 2013
Place in performance rating 1159 1021
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,178 million
Floating-point performance 115.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 3.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 IGP

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 System Shared
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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