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    Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs Radeon R9 380

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Iris Plus Graphics 650 and Radeon R9 380, 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 Iris Plus Graphics 650 stacks up against Radeon R9 380, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    Iris Plus Graphics 650 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Iris Plus Graphics 650 Radeon R9 380
    Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 190 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
    Memory type DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 380 has 1166% more power consumption, than Iris Plus Graphics 650.
    • Iris Plus Graphics 650 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x1, and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Iris Plus Graphics 650 has 28 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 380.
    • Iris Plus Graphics 650 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 380 - in Desktops.
    • Iris Plus Graphics 650 is build with Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
    • Iris Plus Graphics 650 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380 - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 18−20 60−65
    medium / 1080p 10−11 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Iris Plus Graphics 650.

    Full Specs

      Iris Plus Graphics 650 Radeon R9 380
    Architecture Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake GCN
    Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Tonga Pro
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 3 January 2017 26 June 2015
    Pipelines 48 1792
    Core clock speed 300 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz 970 MHz
    Transistor count 189 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 55.20 108.6
    Floating-point performance 883 gflops 3,476 gflops
    Length 221 mm
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 970 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.3
    OpenGL 4.6 4.5
    OpenCL 2.1 2.0
    Vulkan 1.1.103 +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 404 Mh/s
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Mantle +
    Design reference
    Bridgeless CrossFire +
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    VCE +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
    Quick Sync +
    Compute units 28
    Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
    High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
    LiquidVR +
    FRTC +
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