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.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

AMD Radeon R7 A360

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: 1352 vs 608
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 223
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6540 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	1352 vs 608
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 223
Geekbench - OpenCL	6540 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

1352

608

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

223

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6540

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	1352	608
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	223
Geekbench - OpenCL	6540	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	1167	1168
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
Quick Sync