Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs ATI Radeon 9100

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and ATI Radeon 9100 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 Radeon 9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 28 Watt
209.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 6
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 163

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 April 2003
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 28 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 6
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 163

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

163

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258	6
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 Radeon 9100
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rage 7
Code name	Skylake GT3e	R200
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 April 2003
Place in performance rating	1057	1056
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	60 million
Texture fill rate		2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
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