AMD FirePro S7100X vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 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: 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro S7100X

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 300 MHz
28.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 72

Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 72

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 8 GB

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 8 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677
PassMark - G3D Mark		1845
PassMark - G2D Mark		448
Geekbench - OpenCL		10056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3175

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	Amethyst	Skylake GT4e
Launch date	25 May 2016	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	745	746
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	2048	72
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	189 million
Boost clock speed		1000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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