Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and AMD Radeon R7 M265DX 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 M265DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 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
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1364 vs 499
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 339 vs 138

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 7 January 2014
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 855 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1364 vs 499
PassMark - G2D Mark	339 vs 138

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

2.6x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15678 vs 6590

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	15678 vs 6590

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1364

499

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

339

138

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6590

15678

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1364	499
PassMark - G2D Mark	339	138
Geekbench - OpenCL	6590	15678
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 R7 M265DX
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	GCN 1.0
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	Jet
Launch date	3 January 2017	7 January 2014
Place in performance rating	1144	1146
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	855 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory	1
Technologies
Quick Sync