AMD Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3 vs Intel Iris 550 1000MHz Full Specs

Summary

512 Shaders 720MHz	384 Shaders 1GHz
Shared Memory34.1GB/sDDR4	Shared Memory34.1GB/s DDR4·LPDDR3·DDR3L
Peak·FP32·FP16 737.3 GFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 768 GFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 FP64 Memory Bandwidth

Radeon R8 8CU 720MHz GCN 3737.3 GFLOPSFP16

x1

Iris 550 1000MHz768 GFLOPSFP32

x1.04

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed720MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1000MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 737.3 GFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 768 GFLOPSFP32
FP32 737.3 GFLOPS	FP32 768 GFLOPS
FP64 46.08 GFLOPS	FP64 192 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 5.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 23 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 48 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 512 Shaders	Shaders 384 Shaders
TMUs 32 TMUs	TMUs 48 TMUs
ROPs 8 ROPs	ROPs 6 ROPs
CUs 8 CUs	EUs 48 EUs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 300MHz
Boost Clock 720MHz	Boost Clock 1GHz

Cache

L1 16KB/CU	L1 -
L2 Cache 256KB shared	L2 Cache -

Memory

Shared MemoryDDR4	Shared Memory DDR4·LPDDR3·DDR3L
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 2.1GT/s	Memory Speed 2.1GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 34.1GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 4096x2160	Max Resolution 4096x2304
Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 64Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 68Hz
Multi-Monitor 3	Multi-Monitor 3
DSC Not Supported	DSC Not Supported

API Support

Shader Model 6.5	Shader Model 6.4
DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_0	DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_1
OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.2
GFX 8	-

Encoder

Encoder VCE 3.1	Encoder Quick Sync Video 5
Codec - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)	Codec JPEG AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)

Decoder

Decoder UVD 6.0	Decoder Quick Sync Video 5
Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 VP8 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Intel
Chip Designer AMD	Chip Designer Intel
Architecture GCN 3	Architecture Gen 9
Family GCN 3	Family Gen 9
Branding	Branding
Codename Wani	Codename Skylake
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant GT1
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Dec 1, 2015	Release Date Sep 1, 2016

Fabrication

Foundry GlobalFoundries	Foundry Intel
Fabrication Node 28nm	Fabrication Node 14nm
Die Size 250mm²	Die Size 148mm²
Transistor Count 3.1B	Transistor Count 2.5B
Transistor Density 12 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 17 MTr/mm²

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CPUs IntelCore i3-6157U2 CoresIntelCore i3-6167U2 Cores

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