Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970
Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and AMD Radeon HD 6970 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 880 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
- 36.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 550 Watt
- 32x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 429
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 1 September 2015 vs 14 December 2010 |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 880 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 550 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 509 vs 429 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970
- 21.3x more pipelines: 1536 vs 72
- Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2836 vs 2231
- 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 10015
- 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1671
- 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1671
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3175
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3175
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 1536 vs 72 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2836 vs 2231 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 35739 vs 10015 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 vs 1671 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 vs 1671 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3175 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3175 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970
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| Name | Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 | AMD Radeon HD 6970 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2231 | 2836 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 509 | 429 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 10015 | 35739 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1671 | 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1671 | 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3175 | 3358 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3175 | 3358 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 18.676 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 920.398 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.835 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 52.219 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 273.175 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5372 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5372 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 | AMD Radeon HD 6970 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Generation 9.0 | TeraScale 3 |
| Code name | Skylake GT4e | Cayman |
| Launch date | 1 September 2015 | 14 December 2010 |
| Place in performance rating | 665 | 673 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $369 | |
| Price now | $94.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 48.01 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 880 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 72 | 1536 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 550 Watt |
| Transistor count | 189 million | 2,640 million |
| Floating-point performance | 2,703.4 gflops | |
| Texture fill rate | 84.5 GTexel / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x1 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 64 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory type | DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 | DDR5 |
| Shared memory | 1 | |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | |
Technologies |
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