Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs AMD Radeon HD 6670

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2500 and AMD Radeon HD 6670 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

Intel HD Graphics 2500

AMD Radeon HD 6670

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	1 April 2012 vs 19 April 2011
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6670

16.7x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
80x more pipelines: 480 vs 6
55.7x better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
7.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1905 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 6
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1905 vs 249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6670

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

249

1905

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	AMD Radeon HD 6670
Geekbench - OpenCL	249	1905
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		724
PassMark - G2D Mark		247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2500	AMD Radeon HD 6670
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	Turks
Launch date	1 April 2012	19 April 2011
Place in performance rating	1710	1255
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$99
Price now		$102.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	800 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	13.8 gflops	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	6	480
Texture fill rate	1.15 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	392 million	716 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		66 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.0	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		64 GB/s
Memory clock speed		1050 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire