AMD FirePro S9300 X2 vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9300 X2 and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
40.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 55.2 GTexel / s
170.7x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 48
15.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
6.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27971 vs 4536

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 March 2016 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 55.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 48
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971 vs 4536

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9300 X2
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27971

4536

Name	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971	4536
PassMark - G3D Mark		1530
PassMark - G2D Mark		562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2304

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9300 X2	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Generation 8.0
Code name	Capsaicin	Broadwell GT3e
Launch date	31 March 2016	5 September 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,999
Place in performance rating	805	808
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops	883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	2x 4096	48
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	55.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million	189 million
Boost clock speed		1150 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	HBM
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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