Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
• 10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
• 256x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 256 MB
• 6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 292
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 344
• Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 2648
• Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 2648

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

• 2x more core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 300 MHz
• 3.3x more pipelines: 240 vs 72

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1978 292
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	361 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3355 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3355 2648

Compare specifications (specs)