Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs AMD Radeon HD 8850M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon HD 8850M 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 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• Around 66% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 725 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1739 vs 973
• Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.109 vs 19.641
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 465.116 vs 435.842
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.796 vs 2.018
• Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2780 vs 2286
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 3323
• Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2780 vs 2286
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 3323

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8850M

• Around 92% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 300 MHz
• 13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
• Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 502 vs 363
• Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8067 vs 7344
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 31.637 vs 29.115
• Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 84.378 vs 54.932
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2795 vs 1884
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2795 vs 1884

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8850M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1739 973
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	363 502
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	7344 8067
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	37.109 19.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	465.116 435.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.796 2.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	29.115 31.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	54.932 84.378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2780 2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1884 2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3343 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2780 2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1884 2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3343 3323

Compare specifications (specs)