Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

393
Place in performance rating
558
Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Coffee Lake GT3e
Code name
Lexa
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 September 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$999
Price now
$421
2.44
Value for money
3.25
Kaby Lake GT3e
GPU code name
Lexa
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
512
300 MHz
Core clock speed
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1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
189 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
50.40
Texture fill rate
33.47
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1200 MHz
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
189 million
Number of transistors
2,200 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 655 and AMD Radeon 540X.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Supplementary power connectors
None

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 655 and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

DDR3/DDR4
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
no data
Memory bus width
64 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon 540X is the additional functionality.

+
Quick Sync
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.103
Vulkan
+
6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and AMD Radeon 540X 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 655 or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 54.8 17.3 11.6
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
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 655

4.99% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 50 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

Cheaper ($421 vs $999)

More pipelines (512 vs 384)

So, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 .

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

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0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
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