Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM 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).

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
16.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 250 Watt
21.3x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 3 GB

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 8 January 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3339

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

3.1x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
28.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 72
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3583 vs 1668
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3583 vs 1668

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 72
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3583 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3583 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1668

3583

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3339

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1668

3583

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3339

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978
PassMark - G2D Mark	361
Geekbench - OpenCL	8750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	450.087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.077
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1668	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1668	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3339

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Skylake GT4e	Tahiti
Launch date	1 September 2015	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	993	755
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	72	2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,789 gflops
Texture fill rate		118.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		274 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	3 GB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory clock speed		5500 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync