Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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) 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 7.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 8 October 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

  • 12.4x more pipelines: 896 vs 72
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3183 vs 2231
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 522 vs 509
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3485 vs 1671
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3485 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 896 vs 72
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3183 vs 2231
PassMark - G2D Mark 522 vs 509
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3485 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3485 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 260X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2231
3183
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
509
522
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3485
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 260X
PassMark - G3D Mark 2231 3183
PassMark - G2D Mark 509 522
Geekbench - OpenCL 10015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1671 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1671 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3175 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3175 3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3845
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1481

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 AMD Radeon R7 260X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Skylake GT4e Bonaire
Launch date 1 September 2015 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 664 641
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $139
Price now $239
Value for money (0-100) 17.15

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 72 896
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 2,080 million
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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 170 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 4 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync