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.

 

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 3292
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