Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1260 vs 236
  • 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6447 vs 2112
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 1679
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 1679
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 7 January 2010
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1260 vs 236
Geekbench - OpenCL 6447 vs 2112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 vs 1679

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 318
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1247 vs 1237
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1247 vs 1237
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 80 vs 48
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 362 vs 318
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1247 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1247 vs 1237

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1260
236
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
318
362
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6447
2112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1237
1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1237
1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3158
1679
Name Intel Iris Graphics 540 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
PassMark - G3D Mark 1260 236
PassMark - G2D Mark 318 362
Geekbench - OpenCL 6447 2112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1237 1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1237 1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 1679
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 540 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Skylake GT3e Park
Launch date 1 September 2015 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1066 1069
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 80
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 292 million
Floating-point performance 120 gflops
Texture fill rate 6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 512 MB
Memory type eDRAM DDR2, GDDR2, DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz

Technologies

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