Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 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 9700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
256x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 128 MB
25.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1358 vs 54
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 149

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 1 July 2002
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1358 vs 54
PassMark - G2D Mark	338 vs 149

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1358

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

338

149

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1358	54
PassMark - G2D Mark	338	149
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 9700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Rage 8
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	R300
Launch date	3 January 2017	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1136	1135
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	110 million
Texture fill rate		2.6 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		Floppy
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		19.84 GB / s
Memory clock speed		620 MHz
Technologies
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