AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs Intel Iris Graphics 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1584 vs 1432
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 305
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8804 vs 7182
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2433 vs 1290
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6729 vs 3157
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2433 vs 1290
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6729 vs 3157
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 1 September 2015
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1584 vs 1432
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 vs 305
Geekbench - OpenCL 8804 vs 7182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2433 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2433 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 vs 3157

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2675 vs 1514
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2675 vs 1514
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2675 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2675 vs 1514

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1584
1432
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
413
305
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8804
7182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3157
Name AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded Intel Iris Graphics 550
PassMark - G3D Mark 1584 1432
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 305
Geekbench - OpenCL 8804 7182
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 365.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 132.07
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1514 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2433 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1514 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2433 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 3157
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 705

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded Intel Iris Graphics 550

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Generation 9.0
Code name Owl Skylake GT3e
Launch date 13 February 2018 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 950 953
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 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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