AMD FirePro W8000
VS
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
AMD FirePro W8000
VS
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FirePro W8000 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

338
Place in performance rating
393
6.98
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 1.0
Architecture
Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Tahiti
Code name
Coffee Lake GT3e
Desktop
Type
Laptop
14 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
1 September 2017 (4 years ago)
$1,599
Launch price (MSRP)
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$550 (0.3x MSRP)
Price now
$999
2.49
Value for money
2.44
Tahiti
GPU code name
Kaby Lake GT3e
Workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FirePro W8000 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
384
900 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
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Boost Clock
1050 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
189 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
225 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
100.8
Texture fill rate
50.40
3,226 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
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Boost clock speed
1200 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
189 million
350 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
15 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FirePro W8000 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x1
279 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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full height / full length
Form factor
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD FirePro W8000 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3/DDR4
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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256 Bit
Memory bus width
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5500 MHz
Memory clock speed
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176 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FirePro W8000 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655, the size and number of monitors.

4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Display Connectors
No outputs
1
StereoOutput3D
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1
Dual-link DVI support
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4
DisplayPort count
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Technologies

The difference between AMD FirePro W8000 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 is the additional functionality.

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Quick Sync
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FirePro W8000 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.1.103
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W8000 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FirePro W8000 or Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 54.8 17.3 11.6
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro W8000

4.73% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($550 (0.3x MSRP) vs $999)

More pipelines (1792 vs 384)

Advantages of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 225 Watt)

So, AMD FirePro W8000 or Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W8000 .

AMD FirePro W8000 versus Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD FirePro W8000
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