Intel Iris 5100 vs AMD Radeon 550

Compare Intel Iris 5100 vs AMD Radeon 550, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

158 points

6% slightly better overall score

148 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

4 FPS

8 FPS

3 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

3 FPS

4 FPS

1 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

3 FPS

8 FPS

5 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

1 FPS

1 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

0 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4150 points

12413 points

199% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3969 points

10272 points

158% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

3330 points

11360 points

241% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

200 MHz

1100 MHz

450% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1100 MHz

1183 MHz

7% slightly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

30 W

66% significantly lower TDP

50 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

4.4 Gigapixels/s

18.93 Gigapixels/s

330% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

44 Gigatexels/s

16% slightly higher texture rate

37.86 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

320

512

60% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

25% slightly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

300% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

463rd of 586

473rd of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.3

4.6

Iris 5100 vs Radeon 550 comparison

For gaming, the Radeon 550 graphics card is better than the Iris 5100 in our tests.

Our database shows that the Radeon 550 has a significantly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the Radeon 550 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the Iris 5100 has a significantly lower TDP at 30 W when compared to the Radeon 550 at 50 W. This is not a measure of performance, but rather the amount of heat generated by the chip when running at its highest speed.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Radeon 550 over the Iris 5100.