Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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) 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2780 vs 1166
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2780 vs 1166
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2017 vs 5 September 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2780 vs 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2780 vs 1166

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2589 vs 1884
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4574 vs 3343
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2589 vs 1884
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4574 vs 3343
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2589 vs 1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4574 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2589 vs 1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4574 vs 3343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2780
1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
4574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2780
1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
4574
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1739
PassMark - G2D Mark 363
Geekbench - OpenCL 7346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.109
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 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1884 2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 4574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2780 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1884 2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 4574
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 619

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 1.0
Code name Coffee Lake GT3e Cape Verde
Launch date 1 September 2017 5 September 2013
Place in performance rating 1042 1022
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 47 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,500 million
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
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 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz