Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
5.7x more boost clock speed: 1200 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
57.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1726 vs 30
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 359 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2017 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 210 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1726 vs 30
PassMark - G2D Mark	359 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1726

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

359

166

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
PassMark - G3D Mark	1726	30
PassMark - G2D Mark	359	166
Geekbench - OpenCL	7343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	37.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	465.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	54.932
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1884
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	619

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Rage 9
Code name	Coffee Lake GT3e	M12
Launch date	1 September 2017	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	1043	1040
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 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 3.0 x1	AGP 4x
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Memory type	DDR3 / DDR4	64
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		3.89 GB / s
Memory bus width		183 Bit
Memory clock speed		486 MHz
Shared memory		no