Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX 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 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1021 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1742 vs 797
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 363 vs 181
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2780 vs 1427
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2780 vs 1427
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1021 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1742 vs 797
PassMark - G2D Mark 363 vs 181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2780 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2780 vs 1427

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 14.7x more pipelines: 704 vs 48
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21666 vs 7379
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2636 vs 1884
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2636 vs 1884
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 780 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 704 vs 48
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 21666 vs 7379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2636 vs 1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2636 vs 1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1742
797
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
363
181
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7379
21666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2780
1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2780
1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1884
2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3358
Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1742 797
PassMark - G2D Mark 363 181
Geekbench - OpenCL 7379 21666
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 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1884 2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2780 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1884 2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 619

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 3.0
Code name Coffee Lake GT3e Meso
Launch date 1 September 2017 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1042 1006
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1021 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 704
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 IGP
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Memory type DDR3 / DDR4 DDR4 / DDR3
Memory bus width 128 + 64 Bit
Shared memory 0