AMD Radeon R9 290 vs Intel HD Graphics P4000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 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, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 290

Intel HD Graphics P4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 650 MHz
16.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8314 vs 516
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 636
95.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 1071
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 2225
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 2461
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 2225
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 2461

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 14 May 2012
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314 vs 516
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 636
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277 vs 1071
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711 vs 2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 2461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711 vs 2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 2461

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
6.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 275 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics P4000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8314

516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

775

636

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

102277

1071

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3711

2225

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

2461

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3711

2225

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

2461

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	Intel HD Graphics P4000
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314	516
PassMark - G2D Mark	775	636
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277	1071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711	2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	2461
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711	2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	2461
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3684

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290	Intel HD Graphics P4000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Generation 7.0
Code name	Hawaii	Ivy Bridge GT2
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	14 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	348	615
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	2560
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	1,200 million
Boost clock speed		1250 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	11.1 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)