Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 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.

Intel Iris Graphics 540

ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
5x more boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 210 MHz
12x more pipelines: 48 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
41.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 30
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 210 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 30
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

166

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258	30
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	166
Geekbench - OpenCL	6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 540	ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rage 9
Code name	Skylake GT3e	M12
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	1057	1031
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	210 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48	4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	76 million
Texture fill rate		1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 4x
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	64
Shared memory	1	no
Memory bandwidth		3.89 GB / s
Memory bus width		183 Bit
Memory clock speed		486 MHz
Technologies
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