AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs Intel Iris Graphics 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and Intel Iris Graphics 550 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Intel Iris Graphics 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48

Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 1 September 2015
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 550

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	Intel Iris Graphics 550
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429
PassMark - G3D Mark		1439
PassMark - G2D Mark		305
Geekbench - OpenCL		6954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3157

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	Intel Iris Graphics 550
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Generation 9.0
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Skylake GT3e
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	949	952
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	48
Core clock speed		300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Transistor count		189 million
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
Memory type		eDRAM
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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