Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs AMD Radeon R9 M360

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M360 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 3 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M360

  • 3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1833 vs 1432
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 305
  • Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8493 vs 7182
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2801 vs 2675
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2801 vs 2675
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1623 vs 1290
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1623 vs 1290
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3157
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3157
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 512 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1833 vs 1432
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 vs 305
Geekbench - OpenCL 8493 vs 7182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2801 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2801 vs 2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1623 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1623 vs 1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M360

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1432
1833
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
444
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7182
8493
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2675
2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2675
2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1290
1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3157
3360
Name Intel Iris Graphics 550 AMD Radeon R9 M360
PassMark - G3D Mark 1432 1833
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 444
Geekbench - OpenCL 7182 8493
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2675 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2675 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1290 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1290 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3157 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3157 3360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 575.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.811

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 550 AMD Radeon R9 M360

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Skylake GT3e Tropo
Launch date 1 September 2015 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 952 962
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 512
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,500 million
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 29.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Memory type eDRAM GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore