Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs AMD Radeon 530

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 and AMD Radeon 530 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

AMD Radeon 530

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

2.6x more core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 1000 MHz
1024.2x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 24.00 GB/s

Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 24.00 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 530

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

3355

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	AMD Radeon 530
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366	3355
PassMark - G3D Mark		1014
PassMark - G2D Mark		176
Geekbench - OpenCL		5029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2246
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2246
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		506

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	AMD Radeon 530
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 11.0	GCN
Code name	Ice Lake GT2	Meso
Launch price (MSRP)	$969
Place in performance rating	1217	1112
Type	Laptop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation		3rd Gen
Launch date		18 April 2017
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1024 MHz
Compute units	48	6
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1024 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1690 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	845 GFLOPS
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	24.00 GB/s	24.58 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Floating-point performance		800 GFLOPs
Pixel fill rate		8.20 GP/s
Render output units		8
Stream Processors		320/384
Texture Units		20/24
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		48 GB/s
Memory bus width		64 bit
Memory clock speed		4500 MHz
Memory type		DDR3/GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)