Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and ATI Radeon HD 5850 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), 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 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 10.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • 64x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 448 vs 411
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 30 September 2009
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 448 vs 411

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 20x more pipelines: 1440 vs 72
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1966 vs 1845
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33977 vs 10056
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1671
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 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)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 1440 vs 72
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1966 vs 1845
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977 vs 10056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 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: ATI Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1845
1966
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
448
411
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10056
33977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1671
3715
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 ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 1845 1966
PassMark - G2D Mark 448 411
Geekbench - OpenCL 10056 33977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1671 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1671 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3175 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3175 3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3806
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Skylake GT4e Cypress
Launch date 1 September 2015 30 September 2009
Place in performance rating 749 751
Type Laptop Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 72 1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 2,154 million
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 1 GB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity