Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs AMD FirePro M5950

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD FirePro M5950 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1432 vs 1314
  • 6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7182 vs 1206
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2675 vs 1528
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2675 vs 1528
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 4 January 2011
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1432 vs 1314
Geekbench - OpenCL 7182 vs 1206
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2675 vs 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2675 vs 1528

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 10x more pipelines: 480 vs 48
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 305
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2590 vs 1290
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2590 vs 1290
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3157
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3157
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 480 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 vs 305
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2590 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2590 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1432
1314
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
574
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7182
1206
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2675
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2675
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3354
Name Intel Iris Graphics 550 AMD FirePro M5950
PassMark - G3D Mark 1432 1314
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 574
Geekbench - OpenCL 7182 1206
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2675 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2675 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1290 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1290 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3157 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3157 3354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 66.638

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 550 AMD FirePro M5950

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Skylake GT3e Whistler
Launch date 1 September 2015 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 953 995
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 480
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 716 million
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 17.4 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 MXM-A (3.0)
Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-A
Laptop size medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Memory type eDRAM GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 57 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz

Technologies

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