Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and ATI Radeon 9800 XT 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 9800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 60 Watt
22.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1258 vs 57
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258 vs 57
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 160

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 300 MHz
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	412 MHz vs 300 MHz
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

160

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1258	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	160
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 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rage 9
Code name	Skylake GT3e	R360
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1057	1055
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	117 million
Texture fill rate		3.3 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	256 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		730 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync