Intel HD Graphics 400 vs AMD Radeon R7 265

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 400 and AMD Radeon R7 265 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 25x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Launch date 1 April 2015 vs 13 February 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 265

  • Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 925 MHz vs 640 MHz
  • 7x more texture fill rate: 59.2 GTexel / s vs 8.4 GTexel / s
  • 10.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 96
  • 14.1x better floating-point performance: 1,894 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
Boost clock speed 925 MHz vs 640 MHz
Texture fill rate 59.2 GTexel / s vs 8.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 96
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops vs 134.4 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 400
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 265

Name Intel HD Graphics 400 AMD Radeon R7 265
Geekbench - OpenCL 1093
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 400 AMD Radeon R7 265

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Braswell GT1 Pitcairn
Launch date 1 April 2015 13 February 2014
Place in performance rating 1702 1704
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $149

Technical info

Boost clock speed 640 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 320 MHz
Floating-point performance 134.4 gflops 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 96 1024
Texture fill rate 8.4 GTexel / s 59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1024

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type DDR3L GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync