Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs AMD FirePro W4170M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD FirePro W4170M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1742 vs 1039
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 363 vs 213
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7379 vs 6460
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.109 vs 15.502
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 2689
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 2689
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2017 vs 28 April 2014
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1742 vs 1039
PassMark - G2D Mark 363 vs 213
Geekbench - OpenCL 7379 vs 6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.109 vs 15.502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 2689

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M

  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2802 vs 1884
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2802 vs 1884
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2802 vs 1884
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2802 vs 1884

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4170M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1742
1039
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
363
213
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7379
6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.109
15.502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
2689
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 AMD FirePro W4170M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1742 1039
PassMark - G2D Mark 363 213
Geekbench - OpenCL 7379 6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.109 15.502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 54.932
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1884 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 2689
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1884 2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 2689
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 619

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 AMD FirePro W4170M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 1.0
Code name Coffee Lake GT3e Mars
Launch date 1 September 2017 28 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1042 1034
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,040 million
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Memory type DDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay