AMD Radeon R7 265 vs Intel HD Graphics 4200

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 265 and Intel HD Graphics 4200 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R7 265

Intel HD Graphics 4200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 265

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 925 MHz vs 850 MHz
51.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 20

Launch date	13 February 2014 vs 3 June 2013
Boost clock speed	925 MHz vs 850 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 20

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4200

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 150 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 265
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4200

Name	AMD Radeon R7 265	Intel HD Graphics 4200
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
Geekbench - OpenCL		1847

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 265	Intel HD Graphics 4200
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 7.5
Code name	Pitcairn	Haswell GT2
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	13 February 2014	3 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1697	1694
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	1024	20
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	392 million
Core clock speed		200 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
Quick Sync