Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and AMD Radeon HD 6790 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), 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 650

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 4 April 2011
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 16.7x more pipelines: 800 vs 48
  • Around 52% better floating-point performance: 1,344.0 gflops vs 883 gflops
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1619 vs 1575
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3127 vs 2652
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3127 vs 2652
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3534 vs 1564
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3534 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 840 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 800 vs 48
Floating-point performance 1,344.0 gflops vs 883 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1619 vs 1575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3127 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3127 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3534 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3534 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1575
1619
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
373
373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2652
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2652
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1564
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1564
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3350
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 AMD Radeon HD 6790
PassMark - G3D Mark 1575 1619
PassMark - G2D Mark 373 373
Geekbench - OpenCL 7072
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2652 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2652 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1564 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1564 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3350
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.423

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 AMD Radeon HD 6790

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 TeraScale 2
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Barts
Launch date 3 January 2017 4 April 2011
Place in performance rating 857 862
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Price now $64.99
Value for money (0-100) 39.40

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 840 MHz
Floating-point performance 883 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 800
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,700 million
Texture fill rate 33.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz

Technologies

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