AMD Radeon Pro 450 vs Intel Iris Graphics 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 450 and Intel Iris Graphics 550 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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 Pro 450

Intel Iris Graphics 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 450

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2723 vs 1432
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 619 vs 305
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8908 vs 7182
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3347 vs 2675
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1749 vs 1290
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 3157
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3347 vs 2675
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1749 vs 1290
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 3157

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 October 2016 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2723 vs 1432
PassMark - G2D Mark	619 vs 305
Geekbench - OpenCL	8908 vs 7182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3347 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1749 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3347 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1749 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344 vs 3157

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 450
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2723

1432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

619

305

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8908

7182

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

2675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1749

1290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

3157

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

2675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1749

1290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

3157

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 450	Intel Iris Graphics 550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2723	1432
PassMark - G2D Mark	619	305
Geekbench - OpenCL	8908	7182
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	568.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	39.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	126.562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3347	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1749	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3347	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1749	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344	3157

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 450	Intel Iris Graphics 550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	Baffin	Skylake GT3e
Launch date	30 October 2016	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	788	953
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	640	48
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	189 million
Boost clock speed		1100 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	81.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	eDRAM
Shared memory	0	1
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0
Quick Sync