Radeon 630 vs Iris Plus Graphics 655

Place in performance ranking	646	702
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.90	0.50
Architecture	Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake (2015−2017)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	Lexa
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2017 (6 years ago)	12 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$999	$65

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Iris Plus Graphics 655 has 80% better value for money than Radeon 630.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	512
Core clock speed	300 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1219 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	50.40	38.98

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Iris Plus Graphics 655 and Radeon 630 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	DDR3/DDR4	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 GB/s
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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.1.103	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 655 4.21
+25.7%

Radeon 630 3.35

Iris Plus Graphics 655 outperforms Radeon 630 by 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Iris Plus Graphics 655 1736
+34.3%

Radeon 630 1293

Iris Plus Graphics 655 outperforms Radeon 630 by 34% in Passmark.

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 HD	23 +27.8%	18−20 −27.8%
1440p	15 +50%	10−12 −50%
4K	15 +50%	10−12 −50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	no data
Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	no data
Far Cry 5	9−10	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	8−9	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	19	no data
Metro Exodus	6−7	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	no data
Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	no data
Far Cry 5	9−10	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40	no data
Hitman 3	8−9	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	5	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	no data
Far Cry 5	9−10	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	10	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	15	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	no data
Far Cry 5	6−7	no data
Forza Horizon 4	7−8	no data
Hitman 3	9−10	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11	no data
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	no data
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	no data
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	no data
Metro Exodus	6−7	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	no data