Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs ATI Radeon 9500

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and ATI Radeon 9500 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 Radeon 9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
1024x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 64 MB
54.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 36
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 173

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978 vs 36
PassMark - G2D Mark	361 vs 173

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9500

Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 15 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1978

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

173

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	ATI Radeon 9500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	173
Geekbench - OpenCL	8776
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
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 Radeon 9500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rage 8
Code name	Skylake GT4e	R300
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	993	989
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	72
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	110 million
Texture fill rate		1.1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	64 MB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		540 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync