Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and ATI Radeon 9800 XT 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.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 60 Watt
30.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 57
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2017 vs 1 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 57
PassMark - G2D Mark	362 vs 160

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	412 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1734

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

160

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	160
Geekbench - OpenCL	7352
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	619

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Rage 9
Code name	Coffee Lake GT3e	R360
Launch date	1 September 2017	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1058	1055
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	117 million
Texture fill rate		3.3 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Memory type	DDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		730 MHz