FirePro W4300 vs Iris Plus Graphics 650

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W4300 and Iris Plus Graphics 650, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W4300 stacks up against Iris Plus Graphics 650, check out specs charts below.

Iris Plus Graphics 650 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Iris Plus Graphics 650 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Iris Plus Graphics 650 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W4300 Iris Plus Graphics 650
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W4300 has 233% more power consumption, than Iris Plus Graphics 650.
  • FirePro W4300 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Iris Plus Graphics 650 uses PCIe 3.0 x1 interface.
  • Iris Plus Graphics 650 has 28 GB more memory, than FirePro W4300.
  • FirePro W4300 is used in Desktops, and Iris Plus Graphics 650 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W4300 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Iris Plus Graphics 650 - with Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 630 MHz higher, than Iris Plus Graphics 650.
  • FirePro W4300 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Iris Plus Graphics 650 - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 8−9
ultra / 1080p 8−9 5−6
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 18−20
medium / 1080p 18−20 10−11
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W4300 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 80% more, than Iris Plus Graphics 650.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4300 Iris Plus Graphics 650
Architecture GCN 2.0 Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
Code name Bonaire Kaby Lake GT3e
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 1 December 2015 3 January 2017
Pipelines 768 48
Core clock speed 930 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 189 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 55.20
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 883 gflops
Length 171 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.3 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.103
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 152 Mh/s
Quick Sync +
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