Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and ATI FirePro 2260 PCI 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

ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 80% higher pipelines: 72 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
256x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 256 MB
17.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 113
11x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 304
11x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 January 2008
Pipelines	72 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 304

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 431 vs 361

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	431 vs 361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1978

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

431

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

304

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	431
Geekbench - OpenCL	8759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.145
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	304

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	TeraScale
Code name	Skylake GT4e	RV620
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	993	795
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	72	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	181 million
Floating-point performance		40 gflops
Texture fill rate		2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCI
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	256 MB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR2
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync