Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs ATI Radeon X600

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 and ATI Radeon X600 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
  • 128x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 256 MB
  • 27.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 57
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 377 vs 210
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 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1590 vs 57
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 vs 210

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600

  • 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 X600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1590
57
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
377
210
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 ATI Radeon X600
PassMark - G3D Mark 1590 57
PassMark - G2D Mark 377 210
Geekbench - OpenCL 7011
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 X600

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 852 837
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 36 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 107 million
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 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) 9.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 256 MB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 DDR
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s
Memory clock speed 500 MHz

Technologies

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