Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 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

ATI Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 78% better floating-point performance: 883 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
7.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 106 Watt
64x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 512 MB
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 555
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 58
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3131
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3131

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 19 November 2007
Floating-point performance	883 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 106 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590 vs 555
PassMark - G2D Mark	377 vs 58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 3131

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

2.6x more core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 300 MHz
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48

Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1590

555

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3131

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3131

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	ATI Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590	555
PassMark - G2D Mark	377	58
Geekbench - OpenCL	7012
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	3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3131

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	ATI Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	TeraScale
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	RV670
Launch date	3 January 2017	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	851	1389
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	777 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	320
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	666 million
Texture fill rate		12.43 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR4
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		72.1 GB / s
Memory clock speed		2252 MHz
Technologies
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