Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6950M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon HD 6950M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

581
Place in performance rating
475
Gen. 9.5 Coffee Lake
Architecture
Terascale 2
Coffee Lake GT3e
Code name
Blackcomb
Laptop
Type
Laptop
10 July 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
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Price now
$338
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Value for money
0.87
Kaby Lake GT3e
GPU code name
Blackcomb Pro
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon HD 6950M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
960
300 MHz
Core clock speed
580 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
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Transistor count
1,700 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
50.40
Texture fill rate
27.84
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Floating-point performance
1,113.6 gflops
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1150 MHz
Boost clock speed
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Number of transistors
1,700 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon HD 6950M.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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Laptop size
large

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 Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon HD 6950M can be seen in this section.

DDR3/DDR4
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
900 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
115.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon HD 6950M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
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Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon HD 6950M is the additional functionality.

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Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon HD 6950M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.103
Vulkan
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6.4
Shader Model
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2.1
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and AMD Radeon HD 6950M 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 Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 or AMD Radeon HD 6950M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
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 Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 50 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6950M

1.76% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (960 vs 384)

So, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 or AMD Radeon HD 6950M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6950M .

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 versus AMD Radeon HD 6950M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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