Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs AMD Radeon R5 M315

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and AMD Radeon R5 M315 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 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1361 vs 478
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 143
  • Around 85% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6597 vs 3573
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2306 vs 780
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2306 vs 780
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1361 vs 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 338 vs 143
Geekbench - OpenCL 6597 vs 3573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2306 vs 780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306 vs 780

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

  • 3.2x more core clock speed: 970 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2761 vs 1514
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2761 vs 1514
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 970 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2761 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2761 vs 1514

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M315

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1361
478
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
338
143
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6597
3573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2306
780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
2761
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2306
780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
2761
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon R5 M315
PassMark - G3D Mark 1361 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 338 143
Geekbench - OpenCL 6597 3573
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 780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1514 2761
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306 780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1514 2761
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 720

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon R5 M315

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 3.0
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Meso
Launch date 3 January 2017 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 1156 1157
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R5 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 970 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 320
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,100 million
Compute units 5
Floating-point performance 745.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 23.28 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 PCIe 3.0

API support

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

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 0
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore