AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 128 vs 72
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Launch date 7 Jan 2018 vs 1 September 2015
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 128 vs 72
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 244
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 506
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8759 vs 3208
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 vs 244
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 506
Geekbench - OpenCL 8759 vs 3208

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
244
361
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
506
1978
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3208
8759
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
PassMark - G2D Mark 244 361
PassMark - G3D Mark 506 1978
Geekbench - OpenCL 3208 8759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.145
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Essentials

Architecture Vega Generation 9.0
Code name Vega Raven Ridge Skylake GT4e
Launch date 7 Jan 2018 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 949 993
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 128 72
Transistor count 4500 million 189 million
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory 1

Technologies

Quick Sync