Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and AMD Radeon R5 235 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 235 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
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1347 vs 336
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 164
8.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6440 vs 782

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 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347 vs 336
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 164
Geekbench - OpenCL	6440 vs 782

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

2.6x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48

Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1347

336

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

164

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6440

782

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347	336
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	164
Geekbench - OpenCL	6440	782
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	720

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	AMD Radeon R5 235 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	1159	1278
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	775 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	160
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	370 million
Floating-point performance		248.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		6.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
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
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity