AMD Radeon HD 7870M vs ATI Radeon 2100 IGP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870M and ATI Radeon 2100 IGP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7870M

ATI Radeon 2100 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
25.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1507 vs 60
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 286

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 4 March 2008
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1507 vs 60
PassMark - G2D Mark	556 vs 286

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 2100 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1507

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

286

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870M	ATI Radeon 2100 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1507	60
PassMark - G2D Mark	556	286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870M	ATI Radeon 2100 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R400
Code name	Heathrow	RS740
Launch date	24 April 2012	4 March 2008
Place in performance rating	578	580
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0