Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and AMD FirePro S9300 X2 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2x 4 GB

Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 31 March 2016
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2x 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
170.7x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 48
15.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 883 gflops
4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27971 vs 7012

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 48
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 883 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971 vs 7012

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7012

27971

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590
PassMark - G2D Mark	378
Geekbench - OpenCL	7012	27971
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	GCN 3.0
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	Capsaicin
Launch date	3 January 2017	31 March 2016
Place in performance rating	851	852
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$5,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops	2x 6,963 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	2x 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	8,900 million
Texture fill rate		2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	2x 4096 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	HBM
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		2x 512.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
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