Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs AMD Radeon R7 250X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and AMD Radeon R7 250X 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 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 2 GB
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 13 February 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

  • 8.9x more pipelines: 640 vs 72
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 2231
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 509
  • 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 640 vs 72
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2269 vs 2231
PassMark - G2D Mark 637 vs 509
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 R7 250X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2231
2269
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
509
637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3175
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3175
3358
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 AMD Radeon R7 250X
PassMark - G3D Mark 2231 2269
PassMark - G2D Mark 509 637
Geekbench - OpenCL 10003
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) 32.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 638.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 151.963
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3916
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 AMD Radeon R7 250X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Skylake GT4e Cape Verde
Launch date 1 September 2015 13 February 2014
Place in performance rating 662 664
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Price now $260.70
Value for money (0-100) 11.25

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 72 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,500 million
Floating-point performance 1,216 gflops
Stream Processors 640
Texture fill rate 38 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 2 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync