AMD Radeon 540 vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 8750
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2355 vs 1668
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2355 vs 1668
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 1 September 2015
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 vs 8750
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 vs 1668

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

  • 16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 247
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 1362
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2846 vs 1726
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2846 vs 1726
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 vs 247
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 1362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2846 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
247
361
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1362
1978
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35524
8750
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
2846
Name AMD Radeon 540 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 361
PassMark - G3D Mark 1362 1978
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 8750
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726 2846
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 540 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Essentials

Architecture 4th Gen GCN Generation 9.0
Code name Topaz Skylake GT4e
Design AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 877 993
Type Notebook Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture Units 32
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 72
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 64 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit
Memory clock speed 6 Gbps
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory 1

Technologies

AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support
Quick Sync

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1