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 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 289
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 314 vs 289

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1072 vs 898
  • 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
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7733 vs 3028
  • 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 1072 vs 898
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2179 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2179 vs 1404
Geekbench - OpenCL 7733 vs 3028
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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
898
1072
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
314
289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
2179
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3028
7733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3356
Name Intel Iris Graphics 6100 AMD Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 898 1072
PassMark - G2D Mark 314 289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404 2179
Geekbench - OpenCL 3028 7733
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

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadwell GT3 Oland
Launch date 5 January 2015 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 1074 1089
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Price now $78.34
Value for money (0-100) 27.62

Technical info

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

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12
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 72 GB/s
Memory clock speed 1150 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync