Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs AMD Radeon R5 M240

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and AMD Radeon R5 M240 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 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1347 vs 450
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 159
  • Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6440 vs 3721
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2306 vs 881
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1514 vs 1444
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 3249
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2306 vs 881
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1514 vs 1444
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 3249
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 18 September 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1347 vs 450
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 vs 159
Geekbench - OpenCL 6440 vs 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2306 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1514 vs 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 vs 3249
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1514 vs 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 vs 3249

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M240

  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M240

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1347
450
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
340
159
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6440
3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2306
881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3249
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2306
881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3249
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon R5 M240
PassMark - G3D Mark 1347 450
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 159
Geekbench - OpenCL 6440 3721
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 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1514 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 3249
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1514 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 3249
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 720

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon R5 M240

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 1.0
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Jet
Launch date 3 January 2017 18 September 2014
Place in performance rating 1159 1287
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 320
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,040 million
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 20.6 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
Bus support Not Listed

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 Not Listed
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore