AMD Radeon 530X vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530X and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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).

AMD Radeon 530X

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1021 MHz vs 1000 MHz
5.3x more pipelines: 384 vs 72
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28019 vs 8750

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 72
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	28019 vs 8750

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
32x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 2 GB

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530X
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28019

8750

Name	AMD Radeon 530X	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
Geekbench - OpenCL	28019	8750
PassMark - G3D Mark		1978
PassMark - G2D Mark		361
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		49.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		450.087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		25.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		67.077
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530X	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	Meso	Skylake GT4e
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	842	993
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	384	72
Texture fill rate	24.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory		1
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6
Technologies
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