AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition vs Intel HD Graphics P4000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition and Intel HD Graphics P4000 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Intel HD Graphics P4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 650 MHz

Launch date	7 March 2013 vs 14 May 2012
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 650 MHz

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P4000

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
4.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 200 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics P4000

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition	Intel HD Graphics P4000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1230.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	370.179
PassMark - G3D Mark		516
PassMark - G2D Mark		636
Geekbench - OpenCL		1071
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2461

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition	Intel HD Graphics P4000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 7.0
Code name	Tahiti	Ivy Bridge GT2
Launch date	7 March 2013	14 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	611	614
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	1,200 million
Boost clock speed		1250 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.1 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5