AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs Intel Iris Graphics 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient and Intel Iris Graphics 550 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, 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1894 vs 1435
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 304
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 1290
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 3157
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 1290
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 3157
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2018 vs 1 September 2015
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1894 vs 1435
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3157

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2675 vs 2408
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2675 vs 2408
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2675 vs 2408
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2675 vs 2408

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1894
1435
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
355
304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2408
2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2408
2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3157
Name AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient Intel Iris Graphics 550
PassMark - G3D Mark 1894 1435
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 176.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 135.437
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2408 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2408 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3157
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 862
Geekbench - OpenCL 7028

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient Intel Iris Graphics 550

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Generation 9.0
Code name Raven Skylake GT3e
Launch date 23 April 2018 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 958 960
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 189 million
Pipelines 48

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory type eDRAM
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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