Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 10.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 42% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7011 vs 4950
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 21 October 2010
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 7011 vs 4950

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

  • 23.3x more pipelines: 1120 vs 48
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 883 gflops
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2220 vs 1590
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 407 vs 377
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4238 vs 2652
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4238 vs 2652
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 1564
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1120 vs 48
Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops vs 883 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2220 vs 1590
PassMark - G2D Mark 407 vs 377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4238 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4238 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3711 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3711 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1590
2220
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
377
407
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7011
4950
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2652
4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2652
4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1564
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1564
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3349
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 AMD Radeon HD 6870
PassMark - G3D Mark 1590 2220
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 407
Geekbench - OpenCL 7011 4950
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2652 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2652 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1564 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1564 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 184.41
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 AMD Radeon HD 6870

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 TeraScale 2
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Barts
Launch date 3 January 2017 21 October 2010
Place in performance rating 852 831
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $239
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.38

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 883 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 1120
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,700 million
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 220 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
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 0
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire