AMD Radeon R6 M255DX vs Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and Intel Iris Graphics 5100 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, 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

• Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
• 3.9x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 200 MHz
• 14.4x more pipelines: 576 vs 40
• 3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17123 vs 4447
• Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1927 vs 1019
• Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1927 vs 1019
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3563 vs 1668
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3563 vs 1668

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 5100

• Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 855 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 270 vs 116
• Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 745 vs 605

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	17123 4447
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1927 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1927 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3563 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3563 1668
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	116 270
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	605 745

Compare specifications (specs)