Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and AMD Radeon HD 6950 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 800 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
• 11.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 500 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

• 14.1x more texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
• 70.4x more pipelines: 1408 vs 20
• 45.1x better floating-point performance: 2,252.8 gflops vs 50 gflops
• 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2602 vs 630
• Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 314
• Around 90% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6105 vs 3210
• Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 16.999 vs 8.844
• 5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 899.056 vs 171.17
• Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.659 vs 1.115
• 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.698 vs 10.385
• 20.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.203 vs 12.361
• 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3652 vs 988
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2523 vs 1702
• 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 2808
• 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3652 vs 988
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2523 vs 1702
• 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 2808

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	630 2602
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	314 445
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	3210 6105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.844 16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	171.17 899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.115 1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.385 49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.361 251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1702 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2808 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1702 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2808 11657

Compare specifications (specs)