Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs AMD FirePro D500

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and AMD FirePro D500 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 18.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 274 Watt
  • 21.3x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 3 GB
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 18 January 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 274 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 3 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 21.3x more pipelines: 1536 vs 72
  • Around 76% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17676 vs 10015
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 1671
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 1671
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3175
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3175
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1536 vs 72
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 17676 vs 10015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3175

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D500

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10015
17676
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3175
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3175
3349
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 AMD FirePro D500
PassMark - G3D Mark 2231
PassMark - G2D Mark 509
Geekbench - OpenCL 10015 17676
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1671 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1671 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3175 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3175 3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 65.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6020

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 AMD FirePro D500

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Skylake GT4e Tahiti
Launch date 1 September 2015 18 January 2014
Place in performance rating 664 666
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 72 1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 274 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 4,313 million
Floating-point performance 2,227 gflops
Texture fill rate 69.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 279 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 3 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz

Technologies

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