AMD FirePro V7900 vs Intel HD Graphics 2000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V7900 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V7900

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 213.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 6
  • 182x better floating-point performance: 1,856.0 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
  • 10.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2305 vs 213
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1039
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1039
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 May 2011 vs 5 January 2011
Pipelines 1280 vs 6
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2305 vs 213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 1039

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • 14.7x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 58.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 336
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 850 MTexel / s vs 58.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 456 vs 336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V7900
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2305
213
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
336
456
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
1039
Name AMD FirePro V7900 Intel HD Graphics 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark 2305 213
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 456
Geekbench - OpenCL 27733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 676.409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 171.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 1039

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro V7900 Intel HD Graphics 2000

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 3 Generation 6.0
Code name Cayman Sandy Bridge GT1
Launch date 24 May 2011 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 846 687
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 725 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 1280 6
Texture fill rate 58.0 GTexel / s 850 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 151 Watt
Transistor count 2,640 million 189 million
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 1