Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 4000

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 55 nm
6.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 286 Watt

Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 12 August 2008
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 286 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
54.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
100x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 16
66.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1309 vs 347
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 194
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3323 vs 2392
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3323 vs 2392

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1309 vs 347
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3323 vs 2392
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3323 vs 2392

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

194

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2392

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2392

3323

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	347	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	194	565
Geekbench - OpenCL	538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2392	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2392	3323
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4000	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	R700
Launch date	14 May 2012	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1501	466
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	16	2x 800
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	956 million
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
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
Technologies
Quick Sync