Intel HD Graphics 515 vs AMD FirePro M8900

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 515 and AMD FirePro M8900 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

Intel HD Graphics 515

AMD FirePro M8900

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
699.4x more texture fill rate: 22.80 GTexel/s vs 32.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 12 April 2011
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s vs 32.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

2.3x more core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 300 MHz
40x more pipelines: 960 vs 24
6.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 2851

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	960 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 2851

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M8900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2851

18738

Name	Intel HD Graphics 515	AMD FirePro M8900
PassMark - G2D Mark	191
PassMark - G3D Mark	633
Geekbench - OpenCL	2851	18738
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		760.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		26.149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		108.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 515	AMD FirePro M8900
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Skylake GT2	Blackcomb
Launch date	1 September 2015	12 April 2011
Place in performance rating	1427	1431
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	91.20 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	729.6 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	364.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines	24	960
Pixel fill rate	2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,305.6 gflops
Transistor count		1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-B
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	Yes	0
Memory bandwidth		115 GB / s
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync