Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 8.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 127 Watt
Launch date 10 July 2019 vs 21 October 2010
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 127 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

  • 20x more pipelines: 960 vs 48
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 434 vs 389
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 1727
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1780
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1780
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 2992
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 2992
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3489 vs 2792
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3489 vs 2792
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 960 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 434 vs 389
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 vs 1727
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 1780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 1780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 2992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 2992
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3489 vs 2792
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3489 vs 2792

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
389
434
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1727
1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1780
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1780
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2992
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2992
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2792
3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2792
3489
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 AMD Radeon HD 6850
Geekbench - OpenCL 6387
PassMark - G2D Mark 389 434
PassMark - G3D Mark 1727 1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1780 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1780 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2992 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2992 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2792 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2792 3489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.45
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 AMD Radeon HD 6850

Essentials

Architecture Intel Gen. 9.5 (Coffee Lake) TeraScale 2
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Barts
Launch date 10 July 2019 21 October 2010
Place in performance rating 814 823
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $99.99
Value for money (0-100) 28.63

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 960
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 127 Watt
Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 37.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
eDP 1.2 signal support Yes
HDMI
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Memory type DDR3/DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory Yes
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit

Technologies

H265/HEVC Decode
Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support AGP
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin