Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs AMD Wii U GPU

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 and AMD Wii U GPU 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 24.00 GB/s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Texture fill rate 24.00 GB/s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Wii U GPU

  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940
GPU 2: AMD Wii U GPU

Name Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 AMD Wii U GPU
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3366
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3366

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 AMD Wii U GPU

Essentials

Architecture Generation 11.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Ice Lake GT2 Latte
Launch price (MSRP) $969
Place in performance rating 1198 not rated
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch date 18 November 2012

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 400 MHz 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 211 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1690 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 845 GFLOPS
Pipelines 384 320
Texture fill rate 24.00 GB/s 8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Floating-point performance 352.0 gflops
Transistor count 880 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 IGP

API support

DirectX 12.1 N / A
OpenGL 4.6 N / A

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3