Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO 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 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
29.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 43
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 163

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 June 2004
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 43
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 163

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 333 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	333 MHz vs 300 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

163

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	163
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 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rage 8
Code name	Skylake GT3e	M10
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	1057	1040
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	333 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	76 million
Texture fill rate		1.332 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Technologies
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