Intel GMA 600 vs ATI FirePro M7820

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 600 and ATI FirePro M7820 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel GMA 600

ATI FirePro M7820

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7820

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 45 nm

Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 45 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel GMA 600
GPU 2: ATI FirePro M7820

Name	Intel GMA 600	ATI FirePro M7820
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		600.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2709
Geekbench - OpenCL		15792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		103.902

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA 600	ATI FirePro M7820
Essentials
Architecture	PowerVR SGX535	TeraScale 2
Code name	Lincroft	Broadway
Launch date	4 May 2010	1 May 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	1256
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	40 nm
Transistor count	140 million	1,040 million
Floating-point performance		1,120.0 gflops
Pipelines		800
Texture fill rate		28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	ES 2.0	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		4000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0