AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 and Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
10.7x more pipelines: 768 vs 72
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2331 vs 2231
4.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 10003
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1804 vs 1671
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1804 vs 1671

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 72
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331 vs 2231
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924 vs 10003
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804 vs 1671

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

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 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 307
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3175 vs 1674
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3175 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	509 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3175 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3175 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

2231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

509

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47924

10003

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

1671

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

1671

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3175

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3175

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	2231
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	509
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924	10003
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804	1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804	1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674	3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674	3175

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	Strato	Skylake GT4e
Launch date	15 May 2016	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	769	665
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	768	72
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	189 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	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	4 GB	64 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory	0	1
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0
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