Intel Iris Graphics 540 vs ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 540 and ATI Radeon X850 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 Radeon X850 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
17.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1261 vs 73
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 157

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 December 2004
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1261 vs 73
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 157

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Around 69% higher core clock speed: 507 MHz vs 300 MHz
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	507 MHz vs 300 MHz
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 540
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1261

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

157

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	ATI Radeon X850 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1261	73
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	157
Geekbench - OpenCL	6406
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 X850 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	R400
Code name	Skylake GT3e	R480
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	1066	1064
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	507 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	160 million
Texture fill rate		6.08 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	256 MB
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		33.3 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1040 MHz
Technologies
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