Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs ATI Radeon HD 4250

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and ATI Radeon HD 4250 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 6 year(s) 6 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
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • 128x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 512 MB
  • 16.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 123
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 782
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 782
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 25 February 2009
Pipelines 72 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 782

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4250

  • Around 98% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 408 vs 361
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 594 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 408 vs 361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1978
123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
361
408
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
782
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 ATI Radeon HD 4250
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 408
Geekbench - OpenCL 8750
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 782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 782

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 ATI Radeon HD 4250

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 TeraScale
Code name Skylake GT4e RV620
Launch date 1 September 2015 25 February 2009
Place in performance rating 993 793
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 594 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 72 40
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 181 million
Floating-point performance 47.52 gflops
Texture fill rate 2.376 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 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 512 MB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory 1 yes
Memory bandwidth 6.34 GB / s
Memory clock speed 792 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0