Iris Plus Graphics 940 vs Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code nameVega 10Ice Lake GT2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 June 2018 (7 years ago)no data

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 cores3584384
Core clock speed1138 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1301 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate291.424.00
Floating-point processing power9.326 TFLOPS0.768 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs22424
L1 Cache896 KBno data
L2 Cache4 MBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeHBM2System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width2048 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth409.6 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.1.125-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics 940 has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile and Iris Plus Graphics 940. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Iris Plus Graphics 940 is a desktop one.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
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