AMD Radeon R7 M260X vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260X and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 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, 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, 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 R7 M260X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 384 vs 72
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1775 vs 1668
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1775 vs 1668
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 December 2015 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed 620 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 72
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1775 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1775 vs 1668

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

  • Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 715 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 997
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 168
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8750 vs 5979
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2846 vs 1893
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3158
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2846 vs 1893
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3158
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 715 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 997
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 vs 168
Geekbench - OpenCL 8750 vs 5979
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2846 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846 vs 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260X
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
997
1978
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
168
361
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5979
8750
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1893
2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1893
2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1775
1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3355
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260X Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 997 1978
PassMark - G2D Mark 168 361
Geekbench - OpenCL 5979 8750
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1775 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1775 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
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 R7 M260X Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Generation 9.0
Code name Opal Skylake GT4e
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 6 December 2015 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 1202 993
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 715 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 620 MHz 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 384 72
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 189 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x1
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 64 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory 0 1

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
Quick Sync