Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1432 vs 261
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 75
  • Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7182 vs 5751
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 18 September 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1432 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 vs 75
Geekbench - OpenCL 7182 vs 5751

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1290
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1290
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3157
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3157
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 128 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1432
261
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
75
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7182
5751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3359
Name Intel Iris Graphics 550 AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 1432 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 75
Geekbench - OpenCL 7182 5751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1290 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1290 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3157 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3157 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 550 AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Skylake GT3e Kalindi
Launch date 1 September 2015 18 September 2013
Place in performance rating 953 1021
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,178 million
Floating-point performance 115.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 3.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 IGP

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory type eDRAM System Shared
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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