Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs AMD FirePro S4000X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and AMD FirePro S4000X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

Intel Iris Graphics 6100

AMD FirePro S4000X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Launch date	5 January 2015 vs 7 August 2014
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S4000X

2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S4000X

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	AMD FirePro S4000X
PassMark - G3D Mark	898
PassMark - G2D Mark	314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404
Geekbench - OpenCL	3027
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		19.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		478.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		34.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		92.567

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	AMD FirePro S4000X
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Broadwell GT3	Venus
Launch date	5 January 2015	7 August 2014
Place in performance rating	1074	1408
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	775 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		992.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		31 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		MXM-A
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		72 GB / s
Memory clock speed		4500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync