AMD Radeon R7 Graphics vs Intel HD Graphics 5500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 Graphics and Intel HD Graphics 5500 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 100 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • 10x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22612 vs 2262
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.145 vs 3.422
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 206.354 vs 195.811
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1979 vs 781
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2101 vs 754
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1397
  • 6.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1457 vs 233
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 May 2016 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed 200 MHz vs 100 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 22612 vs 2262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.145 vs 3.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 206.354 vs 195.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1979 vs 781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2101 vs 754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1397
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1457 vs 233

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

  • Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 758 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 23.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 781 vs 33.5
  • 22.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 754 vs 33.9
  • 23.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 60
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 950 MHz vs 758 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 781 vs 33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 754 vs 33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1397 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 5500

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
22612
2262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.145
3.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
206.354
195.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1979
781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2101
754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.5
781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.9
754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60
1397
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1457
233
Name AMD Radeon R7 Graphics Intel HD Graphics 5500
Geekbench - OpenCL 22612 2262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.145 3.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 206.354 195.811
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.46
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1979 781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2101 754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33.5 781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 33.9 754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 60 1397
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1457 233
PassMark - G3D Mark 594
PassMark - G2D Mark 230

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics Intel HD Graphics 5500

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Generation 8.0
Code name Wani Broadwell GT2
Launch date 31 May 2016 5 September 2014
Place in performance rating 1435 1478
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 758 MHz 950 MHz
Core clock speed 200 MHz 100 MHz
Floating-point performance 526.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 384 24
Texture fill rate 16.46 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 2,410 million 1,300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x1

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Memory type System Shared
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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