Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 vs ATI Radeon X550 XTX

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

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 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
  • 26x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1845 vs 71
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 448 vs 240
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 24 January 2007
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1845 vs 71
PassMark - G2D Mark 448 vs 240

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XTX

  • 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 XTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1845
71
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
448
240
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 ATI Radeon X550 XTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1845 71
PassMark - G2D Mark 448 240
Geekbench - OpenCL 10056
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 XTX

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 R400
Code name Skylake GT4e RV410
Launch date 1 September 2015 24 January 2007
Place in performance rating 749 752
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 120 million
Texture fill rate 3.2 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) 9.0b
OpenGL 4.6 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 128 MB
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 DDR
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 600 MHz

Technologies

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