Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and AMD Radeon HD 7550M 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).

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 82% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 2 GB
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2231 vs 465
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 403
Around 86% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10003 vs 5371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 7 January 2012
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2231 vs 465
PassMark - G2D Mark	509 vs 403
Geekbench - OpenCL	10003 vs 5371

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
5.6x more pipelines: 400 vs 72
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 15 Watt

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	400 vs 72
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7550M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2231

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

509

403

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10003

5371

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2231	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	509	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	10003	5371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3175

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Skylake GT4e	Thames
Launch date	1 September 2015	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	665	559
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	550 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	72	400
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	716 million
Floating-point performance		480.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		12 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	2 GB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
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