Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 and ATI Radeon X600 SE 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 X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 36 Watt
512x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 128 MB
40.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 49
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 229

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 September 2004
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 36 Watt
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark	361 vs 229

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1978

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

229

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580	ATI Radeon X600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	1978	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	229
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
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 X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rage 9
Code name	Skylake GT4e	RV370
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	993	764
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	72
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	107 million
Texture fill rate		1.3 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	128 MB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync