Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM 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, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1257 vs 951
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 322 vs 287
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6262 vs 6147
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2308 vs 1759
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2308 vs 1759
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 8 January 2013
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1257 vs 951
PassMark - G2D Mark 322 vs 287
Geekbench - OpenCL 6262 vs 6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2308 vs 1759
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2308 vs 1759

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2540 vs 1237
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3158
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2540 vs 1237
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3158
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 730 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2540 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2540 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1257
951
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
322
287
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6262
6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2308
1759
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1237
2540
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2308
1759
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1237
2540
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
3355
Name Intel Iris Graphics 540 AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1257 951
PassMark - G2D Mark 322 287
Geekbench - OpenCL 6262 6147
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2308 1759
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1237 2540
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2308 1759
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1237 2540
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 285.896
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.129
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 72.899

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 540 AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Skylake GT3e Oland
Launch date 1 September 2015 8 January 2013
Place in performance rating 1057 1147
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 780 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 730 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,040 million
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 18.72 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 2 GB
Memory type eDRAM GDDR3
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz

Technologies

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