Iris Pro Graphics P6300 vs ATI Radeon HD 3550
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 763 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.40 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) |
| GPU code name | RV620 | Broadwell GT3e |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 August 2008 (17 years ago) | 5 September 2014 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 40 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 594 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 181 million | 189 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.376 | 38.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04752 TFLOPS | 0.6144 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 6 |
| TMUs | 4 | 48 |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR2 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 396 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.336 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.80 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 August 2008 | 5 September 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 15 Watt |
Iris Pro Graphics P6300 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 293% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
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