Intel Iris & Iris Pro Graphics: Haswell GT3/GT3e Gets a Brand

[Sweepr]

Anything with GT3e will have Intel’s Iris Pro 5200 graphics, while 28W SKUs with GT3 will have vanilla Iris 5100 (non-Pro). Any 15W SKUs with GT3 will be HD Graphics 5000, and GT2/GT1 parts will also be identified as Intel HD Graphics.

This new ''28W'' blurs the line between ULV/SV, should be a nice fit for 13.3'' laptops (2013 Macbook Pro Retina 13?) or larger ultrabooks. 15W parts will perform better than ULV IB despite lower TDP.

Iris Pro will be exclusive to quad-core parts, and the advantage there grows to 2.5x in 3DMark11. There's a slight increase in processor TDP here, but obviously much better performance. That last bar is with the i7-4950HQ running with its TDP set to 55W (cTDP up).

2.5x HD4000 @ 650/1300MHz score (3DMark 11). How about actual games? Around 2x HD4000 performance is my bet.

Iris Pro is coming to desktops, close to 3x 3770K graphics score at 3DMark 11. 4770R is a 4C/8T chip @ 3.2/3.9GHz + GT3e (40 EUs + eDRAM) and only 65W TDP.

More here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6926/intel-iris-iris-pro-graphics-haswell-gt3gt3e-gets-a-brand

 

[AtenRa]

 

[Aikouka]

I'm curious at how that R will be for modest HTPC-level gaming. I'm using an i3-3225 in one of my systems right now, and it's okay for 720p at low to medium settings, but nothing more than that.

 

[ShintaiDK]

3x over HD4000, thats pretty impressive jump. But memory speed is a low hanging fruit.

 

[VirtualLarry]

3x over HD4000, thats pretty impressive jump.

Definitely. But will this propel them over Kaveri? I doubt it.

 

[StinkyPinky]

4770R is the one with the big jump.

 

[grimpr]

I'm curious at how that R will be for modest HTPC-level gaming. I'm using an i3-3225 in one of my systems right now, and it's okay for 720p at low to medium settings, but nothing more than that.

Kaveri will take care of that for 130$, no need for 350$ Iris Pro hair conditioner Core i7s.

 

[boxleitnerb]

Kaveri will come in Q1 2014 at the earliest, mark my words. Haswell is one month away. Hardly comparable.

 

[Haserath]

Wouldn't that make Haswell approximately equal to Kaveri's supposed performance?

 

[boxleitnerb]

I guess not. Kaveri will be faster than Haswell, but Broadwell probably won't be that far away when Kaveri launches. We'll have to see which products actually compete with each other in terms of availability and price.

 

[Maximilian]

Radeon - Yeah pretty cool
Geforce - Sounds good!
Iris - Meh, could be worse i suppose

 

[NTMBK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYWuo9OFAw

 

[lagokc]

Radeon - Yeah pretty cool
Geforce - Sounds good!
Iris - Meh, could be worse i suppose

Should have called it 'Areola'

 

[ShintaiDK]

Radeon - Yeah pretty cool
Geforce - Sounds good!
Iris - Meh, could be worse i suppose

Geforce is absolutely the best name of the 3. And I wouldnt call the Radeon name good at all, but could be worse as well like the Iris. But both the Radeon and Iris needs new names desperately.

 

[KompuKare]

I don't know, Iris is not bad. It's blue so not too far from Intel's existing colour and is associated with vision. Plus Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow. So certainly a colourful name.
I actually prefer the name Radeon over GeForce but I guess force is good to have in your name if you're selling to action game players - although it always sounded more like something to do with gravity / acceleration to me.

 

[Haserath]

Geforce sounds like a name for an action figure's squad. GI Joe, in fact.

I like the name Iris. I think it's fitting.

 

[IntelUser2000]

Kaveri will take care of that for 130$, no need for 350$ Iris Pro hair conditioner Core i7s.

I doubt it'll be lot better in mobile(if at all), based on earlier leaks that its a 512SP part clocked approximately 900MHz.

3DMark11 on mobile Trinity trails real world gaming performance. Now its up to Intel to make sure that same thing doesn't happen to Iris/Iris Pro.

Desktops might end up being still better for Kaveri, but Intel isn't even directly aiming traditional desktops with the R chips.

 

[lagokc]

I don't know, Iris is not bad. It's blue so not too far from Intel's existing colour and is associated with vision. Plus Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow. So certainly a colourful name.
I actually prefer the name Radeon over GeForce but I guess force is good to have in your name if you're selling to action game players - although it always sounded more like something to do with gravity / acceleration to me.

That's a really good point. Intel plans on selling a lot of these i7s to corporate users and it can be hard to put a laptop on an expense report with something called a "Rage Fury MAXX EXTREME GAMER!!!1" and keep either a straight face or your job.

 

[Ed1]

Reading Anand's preview with regard to TDP , how does the 4770r (65w) have lower TDP then 4770k (84w) when it has better GT3 vid in it ?

 

[Haserath]

Reading Anand's preview with regard to TDP , how does the 4770r (65w) have lower TDP then 4770k (84w) when it has better GT3 vid in it ?

Lower CPU & GPU clocks would make it easy.

 

[mikk]

Kaveri will come in Q1 2014 at the earliest, mark my words. Haswell is one month away. Hardly comparable.

Only for desktop. Mobile comes way later which means Broadwell is his proper rival in the mobile space.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Reading Anand's preview with regard to TDP , how does the 4770r (65w) have lower TDP then 4770k (84w) when it has better GT3 vid in it ?

Lower CPU base clock. A bit like the T and S series.

 

[Sweepr]

Kaveri will come in Q1 2014 at the earliest, mark my words. Haswell is one month away. Hardly comparable.

And lets not forget there's Broadwell coming in Q2/Q3 2014, and it should bring (again) a respectable leap in IGP performance over Haswell (some say 40%, others +50% faster).

 

[Imouto]

Radeon - Yeah pretty cool
Geforce - Sounds good!
Iris - Meh, could be worse i suppose

Geforce sounds so 90's.

 

[Ed1]

Lower CPU base clock. A bit like the T and S series.

Ok, I thought about that (lower clocks) but then IMO it shouldn't have same numbering name .

I never looked into S and T lines , didn't realize they lower clock with same number name .