Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs ATI Radeon X550 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and ATI Radeon X550 XT 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 X550 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
256x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 128 MB
28.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 56
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 24 January 2007
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590 vs 56
PassMark - G2D Mark	377 vs 224

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XT

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

224

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	ATI Radeon X550 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1590	56
PassMark - G2D Mark	377	224
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 X550 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	R400
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	RV410
Launch date	3 January 2017	24 January 2007
Place in performance rating	851	778
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	883 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	120 million
Texture fill rate		1.6 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
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		9.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed		600 MHz
Technologies
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