AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 7.1x more pipelines: 512 vs 72
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3157 vs 1671
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3157 vs 1671
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3175
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3175
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 November 2017 vs 1 September 2015
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 512 vs 72
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3157 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3157 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3175

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

  • 256x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 392
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2231 vs 1494
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10006 vs 8941
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 509 vs 392
PassMark - G3D Mark 2231 vs 1494
Geekbench - OpenCL 10006 vs 8941

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
392
509
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1494
2231
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8941
10006
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3175
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
PassMark - G2D Mark 392 509
PassMark - G3D Mark 1494 2231
Geekbench - OpenCL 8941 10006
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3157 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3157 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3175

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Generation 9.0
Code name Vega Skylake GT4e
Launch date 24 November 2017 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 663 664
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,126 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 512 72
Texture fill rate 35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 4,500 million 189 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 64 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR4 DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory 1

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6

Technologies

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