Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 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).

Intel Iris Graphics 550

ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2x more boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 550 MHz
12x more pipelines: 48 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
43.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1432 vs 33
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 18 September 2006
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 205

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Around 83% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

205

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
PassMark - G3D Mark	1432	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	305	205
Geekbench - OpenCL	7182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3157

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 550	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	R500
Code name	Skylake GT3e	M64
Launch date	1 September 2015	18 September 2006
Place in performance rating	953	859
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	550 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	48	4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	107 million
Texture fill rate		2.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	128
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		450 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Technologies
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