AMD Radeon R7 260X vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 260X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 5.9x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
  • 22.4x more pipelines: 896 vs 40
  • 19x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3183 vs 1191
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 521 vs 399
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3845 vs 2095
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3485 vs 3285
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3845 vs 2095
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3485 vs 3285
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 27 May 2013
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 896 vs 40
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3183 vs 1191
PassMark - G2D Mark 521 vs 399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3845 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3485 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3845 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3485 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
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 115 Watt
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3183
1191
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
521
399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3845
2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3485
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3845
2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3485
3285
Name AMD Radeon R7 260X Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark 3183 1191
PassMark - G2D Mark 521 399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3845 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3485 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3845 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3485 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1481
Geekbench - OpenCL 5081

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 260X Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Generation 7.5
Code name Bonaire Haswell GT3e
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 27 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $139
Place in performance rating 639 644
Price now $239
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 17.15

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1300 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Pipelines 896 40
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s 10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 392 million
Core clock speed 200 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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 170 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 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 eDRAM
Shared memory 1

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync
Quick Sync