Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs AMD FirePro W2100

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and AMD FirePro W2100 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 680 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 26.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 400 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 898 vs 883
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 12 August 2014
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 400 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 898 vs 883

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W2100

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 630 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 321 vs 314
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1494 vs 1404
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1494 vs 1404
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3715 vs 3028
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2329 vs 1139
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2329 vs 1139
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 630 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 321 vs 314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1494 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1494 vs 1404
Geekbench - OpenCL 3715 vs 3028
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2329 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2329 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 3331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W2100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
898
883
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
314
321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
1494
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3028
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
2329
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3346
Name Intel Iris Graphics 6100 AMD FirePro W2100
PassMark - G3D Mark 898 883
PassMark - G2D Mark 314 321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404 1494
Geekbench - OpenCL 3028 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1139 2329
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1139 2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 3346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 289.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 50.338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1058

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 6100 AMD FirePro W2100

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadwell GT3 Oland
Launch date 5 January 2015 12 August 2014
Place in performance rating 1074 1204
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 680 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 630 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 320
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 400 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,040 million
Floating-point performance 435.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 13.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Low Profile / Half Length

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 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type n / a

Technologies

Quick Sync
AppAcceleration
Powerplay