Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2500 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 2500

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 55 nm

Launch date	1 April 2012 vs 12 August 2008
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 55 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
198.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.15 GTexel / s
266.7x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 6
162.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 6
Floating-point performance	2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	249
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		1309
PassMark - G2D Mark		565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2500	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	R700
Launch date	1 April 2012	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1710	466
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	13.8 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	6	2x 800
Texture fill rate	1.15 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	392 million	956 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		286 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.0	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5