Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs AMD Radeon HD 8530M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and AMD Radeon HD 8530M 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 8530M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 1 GB
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2231 vs 490
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 438
42.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1671 vs 39.6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 10 January 2014
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2231 vs 490
PassMark - G2D Mark	509 vs 438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1671 vs 39.6

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8530M

2.2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 300 MHz
5.3x more pipelines: 384 vs 72
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2455 vs 1671

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 72
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2455 vs 1671

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8530M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2231

490

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

509

438

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1671

2455

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1671

39.6

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580	AMD Radeon HD 8530M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2231	490
PassMark - G2D Mark	509	438
Geekbench - OpenCL	10003
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1671	2455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1671	39.6
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 8530M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Skylake GT4e	Mars
Launch date	1 September 2015	10 January 2014
Place in performance rating	665	582
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	72	384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,040 million
Floating-point performance		537.6 gflops
Texture fill rate		16.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	1 GB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
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