Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs ATI Radeon X600

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and ATI Radeon X600 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 X600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 36 Watt
30.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1739 vs 57
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 363 vs 210

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2017 vs 1 September 2004
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 36 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1739 vs 57
PassMark - G2D Mark	363 vs 210

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1739

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

363

210

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	ATI Radeon X600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1739	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	363	210
Geekbench - OpenCL	7344
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 X600
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Rage 9
Code name	Coffee Lake GT3e	RV370
Launch date	1 September 2017	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	1042	838
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	107 million
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
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		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz