Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and AMD Radeon HD 6790 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
• 10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
• 64x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 1616
• 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.11 vs 12.318
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.059 vs 1.234

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

• 2.8x more core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 300 MHz
• 11.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 72
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 374 vs 361
• Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 748.068 vs 450.087
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.768 vs 25.346
• Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 121.423 vs 67.077
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3127 vs 2846
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3534 vs 1668
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3127 vs 2846
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3534 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1978 1616
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	361 374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.11 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	450.087 748.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.059 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	25.346 28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	67.077 121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2846 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1668 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3355 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2846 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1668 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3355 3350

Compare specifications (specs)