AMD Radeon R7 250X vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250X and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 3.7x more texture fill rate: 38 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
  • 16x more pipelines: 640 vs 40
  • 11.7x better floating-point performance: 1,216 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 1180
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 390
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3916 vs 2095
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3285
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3916 vs 2095
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3285
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2014 vs 27 May 2013
Texture fill rate 38 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 40
Floating-point performance 1,216 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2269 vs 1180
PassMark - G2D Mark 637 vs 390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3916 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3916 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3285

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

  • Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 80 Watt
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250X
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2269
1180
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
637
390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3916
2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3916
2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3285
Name AMD Radeon R7 250X Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark 2269 1180
PassMark - G2D Mark 637 390
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 32.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 638.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 151.963
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3916 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3916 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
Geekbench - OpenCL 5083

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 250X Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Generation 7.5
Code name Cape Verde Haswell GT3e
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 13 February 2014 27 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 659 661
Price now $260.70
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 11.25

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1300 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,216 gflops 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Pipelines 640 40
Stream Processors 640
Texture fill rate 38 GTexel / s 10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 392 million
Core clock speed 200 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 eDRAM
Shared memory 1

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
Quick Sync