Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and ATI Radeon HD 4890 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 12.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 1508
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 75
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 2 April 2009
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1590 vs 1508
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 vs 75

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 16.7x more pipelines: 800 vs 48
  • Around 54% better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 883 gflops
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 800 vs 48
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops vs 883 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4890

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1590
1508
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
377
75
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3348
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 ATI Radeon HD 4890
PassMark - G3D Mark 1590 1508
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 75
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 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3348

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 ATI Radeon HD 4890

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 TeraScale
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e RV790
Launch date 3 January 2017 2 April 2009
Place in performance rating 851 1242
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $249

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 883 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 48 800
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 959 million
Texture fill rate 34.0 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 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 124.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed 3900 MHz

Technologies

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