Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 and AMD Radeon R7 M260X 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 R7 M260X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 715 MHz
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 24.00 GB/s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3366 vs 3158
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3366 vs 3158

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.00 GB/s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366 vs 3158

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	620 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260X

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

3158

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

3158

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366	3158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366	3158
PassMark - G3D Mark		986
PassMark - G2D Mark		161
Geekbench - OpenCL		5753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1775
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	AMD Radeon R7 M260X
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 11.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Ice Lake GT2	Opal
Launch price (MSRP)	$969
Place in performance rating	1222	1224
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date		6 December 2015
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	715 MHz
Compute units	48	6
Core clock speed	400 MHz	620 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	17.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Floating-point performance		549.1 gflops
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		64 GB/s
Memory bus width		128 bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore