Intel Iris Graphics 550 vs ATI Radeon 2100 IGP

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 550 and ATI Radeon 2100 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).

Intel Iris Graphics 550

ATI Radeon 2100 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
24x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1439 vs 60
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 286

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 4 March 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1439 vs 60
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 286

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 2100 IGP

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 2100 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1439

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

286

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 550	ATI Radeon 2100 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1439	60
PassMark - G2D Mark	305	286
Geekbench - OpenCL	6954
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 Radeon 2100 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	R400
Code name	Skylake GT3e	RS740
Launch date	1 September 2015	4 March 2008
Place in performance rating	952	608
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	120 million
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)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM
Shared memory	1
Technologies
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