Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs AMD Radeon R7 250X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and AMD Radeon R7 250X 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.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

AMD Radeon R7 250X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 13 February 2014
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
Around 38% better floating-point performance: 1,216 gflops vs 883 gflops
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 1590
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 377
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3916 vs 2652
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3916 vs 2652
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1564
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1564
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3340
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3340

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,216 gflops vs 883 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269 vs 1590
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3916 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3916 vs 2652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1590

2269

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

637

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2652

3916

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2652

3916

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1564

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1564

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3358

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	AMD Radeon R7 250X
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590	2269
PassMark - G2D Mark	377	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	7012
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2652	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2652	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1564	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1564	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		32.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		637.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.917
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		151.805
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	AMD Radeon R7 250X
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	GCN 1.0
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	Cape Verde
Launch date	3 January 2017	13 February 2014
Place in performance rating	851	660
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$99
Price now		$260.70
Value for money (0-100)		11.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops	1,216 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,500 million
Stream Processors		640
Texture fill rate		38 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x 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 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		96 GB/s
Memory clock speed		1625 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync