Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 vs AMD Radeon R9 370X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon R9 370X 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1030 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 12x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 180 Watt
Launch date 10 July 2019 vs 27 August 2015
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 180 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 26.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 48
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 1780
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 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
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 2792
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 2792
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1280 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 vs 1780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 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) 8393 vs 2792
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 vs 2792

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 370X

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1780
3704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1780
3704
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
8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2792
8393
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 AMD Radeon R9 370X
Geekbench - OpenCL 6391
PassMark - G2D Mark 389
PassMark - G3D Mark 1727
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1780 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1780 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2992 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2992 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2792 8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2792 8393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 AMD Radeon R9 370X

Essentials

Architecture Intel Gen. 9.5 (Coffee Lake) GCN 1.0
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Trinidad
Launch date 10 July 2019 27 August 2015
Place in performance rating 813 516
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz 1030 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 180 Watt
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
eDP 1.2 signal support Yes
HDMI
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Memory type DDR3/DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory Yes
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz

Technologies

H265/HEVC Decode
Quick Sync

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin