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    Iris Plus Graphics 650 vs Radeon HD 7970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Iris Plus Graphics 650 and Radeon HD 7970M, 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 HD 7970M, check out specs charts below.
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    Iris Plus Graphics 650 and Radeon HD 7970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Iris Plus Graphics 650 and Radeon HD 7970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon HD 7970M here:

    Iris Plus Graphics 650 Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Iris Plus Graphics 650 Radeon HD 7970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M has 566% more power consumption, than Iris Plus Graphics 650.
    • Iris Plus Graphics 650 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x1, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Iris Plus Graphics 650 has 30 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Iris Plus Graphics 650 is build with Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 550 MHz higher, than Iris Plus Graphics 650.
    • Iris Plus Graphics 650 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 18−20 35−40
    medium / 1080p 10−11 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 120% more, than Iris Plus Graphics 650.

    Full Specs

      Iris Plus Graphics 650 Radeon HD 7970M
    Architecture Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake GCN
    Code name Kaby Lake GT3e Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 3 January 2017 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 48 1280
    Core clock speed 300 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz
    Transistor count 189 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 55.20 68.00
    Floating-point performance 883 gflops 2,176 gflops
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 2.1 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.103 1.2.131
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Quick Sync +
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