Intel Iris Plus Graphics 950 vs AMD Radeon RX 550X

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking558not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.37no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Generation 11.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameLexaIce Lake GT2
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 December 2018 (5 years old)no data
Current price$259 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512512
Core clock speed1100 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8632.00
Floating-point performance1,211 gflopsno data

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x1
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed6000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 550X 2251
Iris Plus Graphics 950 2519
+11.9%

Iris Plus Graphics 950 outperforms Radeon RX 550X by 12% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550X and Iris Plus Graphics 950. We've got no test results to judge.


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