Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition 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).

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
16.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 250 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
34x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1564 vs 46
26.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 125.7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 23 November 2014
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1564 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 125.7

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
42.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 48
3.9x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 883 gflops
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2852 vs 1564
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 3340

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 48
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops vs 883 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2852 vs 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1564

2852

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1564

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

7037

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

125.7

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	1608
PassMark - G2D Mark	358
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	2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1564	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	7037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	125.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		71.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1285.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		75.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		321.767

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	GCN 3.0
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	Amethyst
Launch date	3 January 2017	23 November 2014
Place in performance rating	862	864
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops	3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	5,000 million
Texture fill rate		108.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	MXM-B (3.0)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		174.3 GB / s
Memory clock speed		5448 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync