Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs ATI Radeon 9600

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and ATI Radeon 9600 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

ATI Radeon 9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
512x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 64 MB
54.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1358 vs 25
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 150

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 1 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1358 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	338 vs 150

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 324 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 15 Watt

Core clock speed	324 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1358

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

338

150

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	ATI Radeon 9600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1358	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	338	150
Geekbench - OpenCL	6620
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	ATI Radeon 9600
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Rage 8
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	RV350
Launch date	3 January 2017	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1136	1133
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	324 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	76 million
Texture fill rate		1.296 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		6.05 GB / s
Memory clock speed		378 MHz
Technologies
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