Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs Intel UHD Graphics 617

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940 and Intel UHD Graphics 617 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

Intel UHD Graphics 617

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3366 vs 1633
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3366 vs 1633

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366 vs 1633
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366 vs 1633

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 617

Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
1050x more texture fill rate: 25.20 GTexel/s vs 24.00 GB/s

Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.20 GTexel/s vs 24.00 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics 617

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

1633

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3366

1633

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	Intel UHD Graphics 617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3366	1633
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3366	1633
Geekbench - OpenCL		3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1461
PassMark - G2D Mark		232
PassMark - G3D Mark		874

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 940	Intel UHD Graphics 617
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 11.0	Generation 9.5
Code name	Ice Lake GT2	Amber Lake GT2
Launch price (MSRP)	$969
Place in performance rating	1222	1223
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch date		7 November 2018
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	400 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211 GFLOPS	100.8 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1690 GFLOPS	806.4 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	845 GFLOPS	403.2 GFLOPS
Pipelines	384	24
Texture fill rate	24.00 GB/s	25.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Pixel fill rate		3.150 GPixel/s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL		2.1
Shader Model		6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width		64 / 128 Bit
Memory type		DDR3L / LPDDR3