Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP 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 HD 2600 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
64x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 512 MB
12.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1346 vs 110
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 28 June 2007
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1346 vs 110
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 137

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

Around 98% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 120 vs 48

Core clock speed	594 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	120 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1346

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

137

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1346	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	137
Geekbench - OpenCL	6440
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 HD 2600 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	TeraScale
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	RV630
Launch date	3 January 2017	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1159	1153
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	594 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	120
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	390 million
Floating-point performance		142.56 gflops
Texture fill rate		4.75 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)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR2
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		12.67 GB / s
Memory clock speed		792 MHz
Technologies
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