AMD FirePro D500 vs Intel HD Graphics 2000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D500 and Intel HD Graphics 2000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FirePro D500

Intel HD Graphics 2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
256x more pipelines: 1536 vs 6
218.3x better floating-point performance: 2,227 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1039
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1039

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 January 2014 vs 5 January 2011
Pipelines	1536 vs 6
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 1039

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 725 MHz
12.2x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 69.6 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	850 MTexel / s vs 69.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D500
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2000

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1039

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1039

Name	AMD FirePro D500	Intel HD Graphics 2000
Geekbench - OpenCL	18049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	1039
PassMark - G2D Mark		456
PassMark - G3D Mark		213

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro D500	Intel HD Graphics 2000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 6.0
Code name	Tahiti	Sandy Bridge GT1
Launch date	18 January 2014	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	683	685
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops	10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	1536	6
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s	850 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	274 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	189 million
Boost clock speed		1150 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1