Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and AMD Radeon R5 330 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 330 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 855 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1358 vs 521
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 184
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6620 vs 5123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 855 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1358 vs 521
PassMark - G2D Mark	338 vs 184
Geekbench - OpenCL	6620 vs 5123

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM

2.8x more core clock speed: 830 MHz vs 300 MHz
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48

Core clock speed	830 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1358

521

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

338

184

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6620

5123

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1358	521
PassMark - G2D Mark	338	184
Geekbench - OpenCL	6620	5123
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 330 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	GCN 1.0
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	Hainan
Launch date	3 January 2017	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1136	1137
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	855 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	830 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	320
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,040 million
Floating-point performance		547.2 gflops
Texture fill rate		17.1 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
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync