Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 28% better floating-point performance: 883 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 1306
• Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7012 vs 4806
• Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2652 vs 2181
• Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2652 vs 2181
• Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 2014
• Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

• 2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
• 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
• Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 378
• Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2656 vs 1564
• Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2656 vs 1564

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1590 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	378 751
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	7012 4806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2652 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2652 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1564 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1564 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 2014

Compare specifications (specs)