Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs AMD Radeon R7 250E

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon R7 250E 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) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 55 Watt
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.109 vs 21.562
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.796 vs 2.2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2017 vs 20 December 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 55 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.109 vs 21.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.796 vs 2.2

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250E

  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 582.073 vs 465.116
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.669 vs 29.115
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 98.052 vs 54.932
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2873 vs 2780
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 1884
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2873 vs 2780
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 1884
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 512 vs 48
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 582.073 vs 465.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.669 vs 29.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 98.052 vs 54.932
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2873 vs 2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 vs 1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2873 vs 2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 vs 1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250E

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.109
21.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
465.116
582.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.796
2.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.115
38.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.932
98.052
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2780
2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2780
2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3355
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 AMD Radeon R7 250E
PassMark - G3D Mark 1742
PassMark - G2D Mark 363
Geekbench - OpenCL 7379
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 37.109 21.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.116 582.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.796 2.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.115 38.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 54.932 98.052
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2780 2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1884 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2780 2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1884 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 619 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 AMD Radeon R7 250E

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 1.0
Code name Coffee Lake GT3e Cape Verde
Launch date 1 September 2017 20 December 2013
Place in performance rating 1042 1066
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $109

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 512
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 55 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,500 million
Floating-point performance 819.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 25.6 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
Length 168 mm
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