Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX 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 7 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1021 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1346 vs 797
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 181
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2306 vs 1427
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2306 vs 1427
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1021 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1346 vs 797
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 vs 181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2306 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306 vs 1427

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 14.7x more pipelines: 704 vs 48
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21666 vs 6440
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2636 vs 1514
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3333
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2636 vs 1514
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3333
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 780 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 704 vs 48
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 21666 vs 6440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2636 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2636 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1346
797
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
340
181
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6440
21666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2306
1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2306
1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3358
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1346 797
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 181
Geekbench - OpenCL 6440 21666
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 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1514 2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2306 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1514 2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 720

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 3.0
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Meso
Launch date 3 January 2017 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1159 1006
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1021 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 704
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 IGP
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 + 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 DDR4 / DDR3
Shared memory 1 0

Technologies

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