Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs AMD Radeon R7 250
Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and AMD Radeon R7 250 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 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
- Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 313 vs 283
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 January 2015 vs 8 October 2013 |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 75 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 313 vs 283 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250
- 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
- Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1051 vs 900
- Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2179 vs 1404
- Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2179 vs 1404
- 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7525 vs 3025
- 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 1139
- 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 1139
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3331
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3331
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 384 vs 48 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1051 vs 900 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2179 vs 1404 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2179 vs 1404 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 7525 vs 3025 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3170 vs 1139 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3170 vs 1139 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 vs 3331 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 vs 3331 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250
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| Name | Intel Iris Graphics 6100 | AMD Radeon R7 250 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 900 | 1051 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 313 | 283 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1404 | 2179 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1404 | 2179 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 3025 | 7525 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1139 | 3170 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1139 | 3170 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3331 | 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3331 | 3356 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 20.161 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 304.279 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.655 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 30.046 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 96.934 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Intel Iris Graphics 6100 | AMD Radeon R7 250 | |
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| Architecture | Generation 8.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Broadwell GT3 | Oland |
| Launch date | 5 January 2015 | 8 October 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 1085 | 1087 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $89 | |
| Price now | $78.34 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 27.62 | |
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| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 48 | 384 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Transistor count | 189 million | 1,040 million |
| Floating-point performance | 716.8 gflops | |
| Stream Processors | 384 | |
| Texture fill rate | 22.4 GTexel / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x1 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | N / A |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Length | 168 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Memory bus width | 64 / 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Shared memory | 1 | 0 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | |
| Memory clock speed | 1150 MHz | |
| Memory type | DDR3 / GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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