Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 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 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 460 MHz
  • 6x more pipelines: 72 vs 12
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
  • 256x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 256 MB
  • 24.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 82
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 235
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 1 June 2007
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 460 MHz
Pipelines 72 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark 362 vs 235

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

  • Around 53% higher core clock speed: 460 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 460 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1978
82
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
362
235
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 82
PassMark - G2D Mark 362 235
Geekbench - OpenCL 8724
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 R500
Code name Skylake GT4e M66
Launch date 1 September 2015 1 June 2007
Place in performance rating 992 735
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 460 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 460 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 72 12
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 157 million
Texture fill rate 1.84 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.6 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 256 MB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 64 / 128
Shared memory 1 yes
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 400 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
Powerplay 6.0