Radeon 890M vs Iris Plus Graphics 640

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Iris Plus Graphics 640 and Radeon 890M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Iris Plus Graphics 640
2017
32 GB DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4, 15 Watt
3.87

890M outperforms Iris Plus Graphics 640 by a whopping 465% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking703253
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency17.70100.00
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)RDNA 3.5 (2024)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT3eStrix Point
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)15 July 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3841024
Core clock speed300 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz2900 MHz
Number of transistors189 million34,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate52.80185.6
Floating-point processing power0.8448 TFLOPS5.939 TFLOPS
ROPs632
TMUs4864
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceRing BusPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4System Shared
Maximum RAM amount32 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory++

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.31.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Iris Plus Graphics 640 3.87
Radeon 890M 21.87
+465%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Iris Plus Graphics 640 1489
Radeon 890M 8421
+466%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Iris Plus Graphics 640 2379
Radeon 890M 16023
+574%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Iris Plus Graphics 640 1394
Radeon 890M 9573
+587%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Iris Plus Graphics 640 11248
Radeon 890M 54704
+386%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Iris Plus Graphics 640 437
Radeon 890M 3533
+708%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD22
−100%
44
+100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−422%
120−130
+422%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+50%
27−30
−50%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−422%
120−130
+422%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+77.8%
9−10
−77.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+50%
27−30
−50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−422%
120−130
+422%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4
−125%
9−10
+125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−448%
230−240
+448%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−442%
130−140
+442%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

This is how Iris Plus Graphics 640 and Radeon 890M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 890M is 100% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Iris Plus Graphics 640 is 350% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 890M is 125% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Iris Plus Graphics 640 is ahead in 22 tests (96%)
  • Radeon 890M is ahead in 1 test (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.87 21.87
Recency 3 January 2017 15 July 2024
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm

Radeon 890M has a 465.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 890M is our recommended choice as it beats the Iris Plus Graphics 640 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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