Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 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).

Intel Iris Graphics 6100

ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
5.2x more boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 210 MHz
12x more pipelines: 48 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
29.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 898 vs 30
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2015 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 210 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	898 vs 30
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

898

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

166

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
PassMark - G3D Mark	898	30
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	166
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Rage 9
Code name	Broadwell GT3	M12
Launch date	5 January 2015	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	1074	1031
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	210 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48	4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	76 million
Texture fill rate		1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	183 Bit
Shared memory	1	no
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		3.89 GB / s
Memory clock speed		486 MHz
Memory type		64
Technologies
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