AMD FirePro D500 vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D500 and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD FirePro D500

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
3.6x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 200 MHz
6.7x more texture fill rate: 69.6 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
38.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 40
21.4x better floating-point performance: 2,227 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17637 vs 5081
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6020 vs 2095
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3285
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6020 vs 2095
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3285

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 January 2014 vs 27 May 2013
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 40
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17637 vs 5081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6020 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6020 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3285

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
9.1x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 274 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 274 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D500
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17637

5081

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6020

2095

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6020

2095

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3285

Name	AMD FirePro D500	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Geekbench - OpenCL	17637	5081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6020	2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6020	2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
PassMark - G3D Mark		1191
PassMark - G2D Mark		399

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro D500	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 7.5
Code name	Tahiti	Haswell GT3e
Launch date	18 January 2014	27 May 2013
Place in performance rating	668	644
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	1536	40
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	274 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	392 million
Boost clock speed		1300 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	279 mm
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	eDRAM
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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