Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and AMD Radeon R9 M375X 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 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 1742
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 315
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1668 vs 1333
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 2185
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1668 vs 1333
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 2185
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 1742
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 vs 315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1668 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 2185
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668 vs 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 2185

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M375X

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1015 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 8.9x more pipelines: 640 vs 72
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9124 vs 8750
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3548 vs 2846
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3548 vs 2846
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1015 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 72
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 9124 vs 8750
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3548 vs 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3548 vs 2846

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M375X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1978
1742
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
361
315
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8750
9124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2846
3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
2185
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2846
3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
2185
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 AMD Radeon R9 M375X
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 1742
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 315
Geekbench - OpenCL 8750 9124
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 3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1668 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 2185
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846 3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 2185

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Skylake GT4e Tropo
Launch date 1 September 2015 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 993 896
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1015 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 72 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10
Floating-point performance 1,299 gflops
Texture fill rate 40.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 4 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore