Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs AMD Radeon R7 A360

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and AMD Radeon R7 A360 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
  • Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1346 vs 608
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 223
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6440 vs 5809
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 1704
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 1704
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1346 vs 608
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 vs 223
Geekbench - OpenCL 6440 vs 5809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 vs 1704

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A360

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1616 vs 1514
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1616 vs 1514
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1616 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1616 vs 1514

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 A360

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1346
608
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
340
223
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6440
5809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
1704
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon R7 A360
PassMark - G3D Mark 1346 608
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 223
Geekbench - OpenCL 6440 5809
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 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1514 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 1704
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 720

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon R7 A360

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 1.0
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Opal
Launch date 3 January 2017 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 1159 1160
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 825 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,040 million
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 27 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

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 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 DDR3
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz

Technologies

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