Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 and ATI Radeon X550 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

ATI Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
512x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 128 MB
43.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2231 vs 51
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 July 2005
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2231 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	509 vs 266

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

509

266

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2231	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	509	266
Geekbench - OpenCL	10003
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	ATI Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rage 9
Code name	Skylake GT4e	RV370
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 July 2005
Place in performance rating	665	632
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	72
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	107 million
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	128 MB
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
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