Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs ATI Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and ATI Radeon X300 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 12 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 36 Watt
  • 512x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 64 MB
  • 38.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 41
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 209
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2017 vs 1 September 2004
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 36 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1590 vs 41
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 vs 209

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 375 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1590
41
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
377
209
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 ATI Radeon X300
PassMark - G3D Mark 1590 41
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 209
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 ATI Radeon X300

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 Rage 9
Code name Kaby Lake GT3e RV370
Launch date 3 January 2017 1 September 2004
Place in performance rating 851 837
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 375 MHz
Floating-point performance 883 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 36 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 107 million
Texture fill rate 1.5 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 1.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 9.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 64 MB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 DDR
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 400 MHz

Technologies

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