Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 and ATI Radeon 8500 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

Around 45% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 275 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 24.00 GB/s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 150 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 23 Watt

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.00 GB/s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 23 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	ATI Radeon 8500
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366
PassMark - G2D Mark		146
PassMark - G3D Mark		7

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 11.0	Rage 7
Code name	Ice Lake GT2	R200
Launch price (MSRP)	$969
Place in performance rating	1217	1132
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch date		14 August 2001
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	400 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	150 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1690 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	845 GFLOPS
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	24.00 GB/s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count		60 million
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 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		550 MHz
Memory type		DDR