AMD FirePro S7100X vs Intel HD Graphics 5600

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and Intel HD Graphics 5600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD FirePro S7100X

Intel HD Graphics 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 300 MHz
85.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 24

Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 24

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 5600

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	Intel HD Graphics 5600
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677
PassMark - G3D Mark		2264
PassMark - G2D Mark		463
Geekbench - OpenCL		2427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1598

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	Intel HD Graphics 5600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Generation 8.0
Code name	Amethyst	Broadwell GT2
Launch date	25 May 2016	5 September 2014
Place in performance rating	744	745
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	2048	24
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	1,300 million
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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