Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and AMD Radeon R5 230 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, 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.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 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
32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 3290
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 3290

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 21 December 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 19 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333 vs 3290

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

2.1x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1681 vs 1514
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1681 vs 1514

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681 vs 1514

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514

1681

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

3290

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514

1681

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

3290

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1357
PassMark - G2D Mark	339
Geekbench - OpenCL	6586
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	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333	3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1514	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333	3290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	720

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	TeraScale 2
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	Caicos
Launch date	3 January 2017	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1153	1155
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	160
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	370 million
Floating-point performance		200.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		5 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		10.67 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1334 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync