Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs AMD Radeon R7 250E

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and AMD Radeon R7 250E 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.

Intel Iris Graphics 6100

AMD Radeon R7 250E

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 55 Watt

Launch date	5 January 2015 vs 20 December 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 55 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250E

2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2873 vs 1404
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2873 vs 1404
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 1139
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 1139
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3331
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3331

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2873 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2873 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250E

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1404

2873

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1404

2873

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1139

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1139

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3331

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3331

3355

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	AMD Radeon R7 250E
PassMark - G3D Mark	900
PassMark - G2D Mark	313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404	2873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404	2873
Geekbench - OpenCL	3026
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1139	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1139	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331	3355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		21.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		582.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		98.052
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	AMD Radeon R7 250E
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Broadwell GT3	Cape Verde
Launch date	5 January 2015	20 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1082	1083
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	512
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		819.2 gflops
Texture fill rate		25.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
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		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		72 GB / s
Memory clock speed		4500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
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