Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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 Radeon R5 235X OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.2x better floating-point performance: 883 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 18 Watt
32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1608 vs 277
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 358 vs 202

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 21 December 2013
Floating-point performance	883 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 18 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1608 vs 277
PassMark - G2D Mark	358 vs 202

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

2.9x more core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48

Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1608

277

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

358

202

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1608	277
PassMark - G2D Mark	358	202
Geekbench - OpenCL	7151
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 Radeon R5 235X OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	TeraScale 2
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	Caicos
Launch date	3 January 2017	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	862	865
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	875 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops	280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	160
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	370 million
Texture fill rate		7 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
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	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
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