AMD Radeon RX 550 vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 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, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 550

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1150 MHz
10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2713 vs 1461
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11719 vs 4466
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 2475
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 2475

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2713 vs 1461
Geekbench - OpenCL	11719 vs 4466
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4485 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4485 vs 2475

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 55.2 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
736x better floating-point performance: 883.2 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 488
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 958 vs 940
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2304 vs 2158
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 958 vs 940
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2304 vs 2158

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	55.2 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	883.2 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	958 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2304 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	958 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2304 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2713

1461

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

488

569

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11719

4466

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4485

2475

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

940

958

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2158

2304

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4485

2475

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

940

958

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2158

2304

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
PassMark - G3D Mark	2713	1461
PassMark - G2D Mark	488	569
Geekbench - OpenCL	11719	4466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4485	2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	940	958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2158	2304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4485	2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	940	958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2158	2304
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1200

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Generation 8.0
Code name	Lexa	Broadwell GT3e
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	5 September 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	850	790
Price now	$75
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	59.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	48
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s	55.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
Quick Sync