Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 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 HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 191
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 290
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 782
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 January 2010
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 191
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158 vs 782

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Around 83% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 48
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1258

191

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3158

782

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258	191
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	290
Geekbench - OpenCL	6284
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3158	782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3158	782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 540	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	TeraScale
Code name	Skylake GT3e	M92
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1057	1049
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	80
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	242 million
Floating-point performance		88 gflops
Texture fill rate		4.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	MXM-II
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	512 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay