Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Iris i7 5950HQ | Radeon HD 8850M |
| Hitman 3 | 635% | 717% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 465% | 528% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 417% | 474% |
| FIFA 21 | 185% | 217% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 695% | 783% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 400% | 456% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 465% | 528% |
| Genshin Impact | 465% | 528% |
| Far Cry 6 | 718% | 808% |
| The Medium | 605% | 683% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel Iris i7 5950HQ are very slightly better than the AMD Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon HD 8850M has a 325 MHz higher core clock speed and 32 more Texture Mapping Units than the Iris i7 5950HQ. This results in the Radeon HD 8850M providing 22.6 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The Radeon HD 8850M has a 325 MHz higher core clock speed and 14 more Render Output Units than the Iris i7 5950HQ. This results in the Radeon HD 8850M providing 9.4 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The Iris i7 5950HQ was released over a year more recently than the Radeon HD 8850M, and so the Iris i7 5950HQ is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon HD 8850M has 1920 MB more video memory than the Iris i7 5950HQ, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the Radeon HD 8850M also has superior memory performance overall.
The Radeon HD 8850M has 2.1 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Iris i7 5950HQ, which means that the memory performance of the Radeon HD 8850M is marginally better than the Iris i7 5950HQ.
The Iris i7 5950HQ has 48 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon HD 8850M has 640. However, the actual shader performance of the Iris i7 5950HQ is 442 and the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 8850M is 496. The Radeon HD 8850M having 54 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Radeon HD 8850M delivers a marginally smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Iris i7 5950HQ.
The Iris i7 5950HQ transistor size technology is 14 nm (nanometers) smaller than the Radeon HD 8850M. This means that the Iris i7 5950HQ is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the Radeon HD 8850M.
The Iris i7 5950HQ requires 47 Watts to run and the Radeon HD 8850M requires 45 Watts. The Iris i7 5950HQ requires 2 Watts more than the Radeon HD 8850M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the Iris i7 5950HQ to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Radeon HD 8850M.
| Core Speed | 300 MHz | vs |  | 625 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1150 MHz | | vs | 775 MHz | |
| Architecture | Broadwell GT3-E | GCN 1.1 Venus PRO | |||
| OC Potential | None | vs |
| Fair | |
| Driver Support | Ok |
| vs | - | |
| Release Date | 02 Jun 2015 | | vs | 01 Apr 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 7.5
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vs | 7.2
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| 1600x900 | 5.8
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vs | 5.5
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| 1920x1080 | 4.4
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vs | 4.1
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| 2560x1440 | 2.8
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vs | 2.6
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| 3840x2160 | 1.8
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vs | |
1.8
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| Memory | N/A | vs | | 2048 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 933 MHz | vs | | 1000 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | | DDR3 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 29.9GB/sec | vs | | 32GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | |
vs | 256 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 48 | vs | | 640 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 21% | vs | | 24% | |
| Technology | 14nm | | vs | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 8 | vs | | 40 | |
| Texture Rate | 2.4 GTexel/s | vs | | 25 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 2 | vs | | 16 | |
| Pixel Rate | 0.6 GPixel/s | vs | | 10 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2304 | | vs | 4096x2160 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 47 Watts | vs | | 45 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | 11.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.4 | | vs | 4.2 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | no | vs | | yes | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-5950HQ 4-Core 2.9GHz | vs | | Intel Core i5-3360M 2.8GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 4 GB | | vs | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1366x768 | | vs | | 1366x768 |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview Intel Iris i7 5950HQ is the Specific Version of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 Mobile that is Integrated in the Core i7-5950HQ Processor. Architecture The Broadwell Architecture Succeeds the Haswell Architecture and offers Faster & More Efficient Integrated Graphics. Additionally, it also offers better Decoding Performance, when compared to its Predecessors. The GPU Codenamed GT3-U offers 48 Shader Processing Units, 8 TMUs and 2 ROPs. GPU The Central Unit Initially Runs at 300MHz and goes up to 1150MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory: Speed The Operating Memory Clock depends at which speed the System's RAM is running and which Memory Type is installed and is ultimately limited by the highest operating speed that the Processor supports. In this case, it is 933MHz. Depending on whether or not the System's RAM is Dual-Channeled, it can access either a 64-bit or 128-bit Memory Interface. An addition to the Iris Graphics is the access to a L4 Cache of 128MB eDRAM which further increases the Memory Performance. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU Shares the System's RAM which varies according to the System. The GPU may reserve up to 2GB. Performance Because Performance depends heavily on the Memory Bandwidth, it may vary heavily from System to System. Best Case Scenario, expect Performance Identical to a dedicated GeForce 940M. System Suggestions Intel Iris i7 5950HQ is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1366x768. We recommend 4GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview Radeon HD 8850M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the GCN Architecture. Architecture The GCN 1.1 Release adds support for AMD's TrueAudio Technology which does calculations of audio effects "better" than the CPU and further improves the Powertune Technology. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Venus PRO which has 10 Compute Units activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Operates at 625MHz and goes up to 775MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of DDR3, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way benefits the GPU. The memory clock operates at 1000MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Crossfire, PowerTune Technology, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, HD3D, ZeroCore Power and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 45W, it is suited for 17" or larger laptops. Performance Gaming benchmarks put its performance somewhat above NVIDIA's GeForce GT 750M. System Suggestions We recommend a Decent Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8850M. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||