Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP 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 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 14x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 141
  • 5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 568
  • 5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 568
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 1 March 2010
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 141
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 568

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

  • Around 66% higher core clock speed: 498 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 361
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 498 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 vs 361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1978
141
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
361
442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
568
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 141
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 442
Geekbench - OpenCL 8731
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 568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2846
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 568

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 TeraScale
Code name Skylake GT4e RS880
Launch date 1 September 2015 1 March 2010
Place in performance rating 992 755
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 498 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 72
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 181 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 1.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory 1

Technologies

Quick Sync