Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5870

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and ATI Radeon HD 5870. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

393
Place in performance rating
446
Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Coffee Lake GT3e
Code name
Cypress
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 September 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
23 September 2009 (12 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$999
Price now
$218 (0.5x MSRP)
2.44
Value for money
2.05
Kaby Lake GT3e
GPU code name
Cypress
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
1600
300 MHz
Core clock speed
850 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
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189 million
Transistor count
2,154 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
188 Watt
50.40
Texture fill rate
68.00
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Floating-point performance
2,720.0 gflops
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1600
1200 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
189 million
Number of transistors
2,154 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
188 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and ATI Radeon HD 5870.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
282 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin

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 ATI Radeon HD 5870 can be seen in this section.

DDR3/DDR4
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and ATI Radeon HD 5870, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 is the additional functionality.

+
Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 and ATI Radeon HD 5870. 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
no data
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 ATI Radeon HD 5870 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 ATI Radeon HD 5870 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
ATI Radeon HD 5870
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 54.8 17.3 11.6
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
ATI Radeon HD 5870
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

0.49% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 188 Watt)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 5870

Cheaper ($218 (0.5x MSRP) vs $999)

More pipelines (1600 vs 384)

So, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 or ATI Radeon HD 5870?

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

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 versus ATI Radeon HD 5870 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
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