Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs AMD Radeon HD 7350 PCI

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2500 and AMD Radeon HD 7350 PCI 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel HD Graphics 2500

AMD Radeon HD 7350 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	1 April 2012 vs 5 January 2012
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7350 PCI

4.5x more texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 80 vs 6
7.5x better floating-point performance: 104.0 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 6
Floating-point performance	104.0 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7350 PCI

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	AMD Radeon HD 7350 PCI
Geekbench - OpenCL	249
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		10.163

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2500	AMD Radeon HD 7350 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	Cedar
Launch date	1 April 2012	5 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1706	1703
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	13.8 gflops	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	6	80
Texture fill rate	1.15 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	392 million	292 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		19 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Laptop size	large
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.0	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3