Intel HD Graphics 515 vs AMD FirePro S4000X

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 515 and AMD FirePro S4000X 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 S4000X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 775 MHz
735.5x more texture fill rate: 22.80 GTexel/s vs 31 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 7 August 2014
Boost clock speed	950 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s vs 31 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S4000X

2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
26.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 24

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S4000X

Name	Intel HD Graphics 515	AMD FirePro S4000X
PassMark - G2D Mark	191
PassMark - G3D Mark	635
Geekbench - OpenCL	2844
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)		19.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		478.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		34.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		92.567

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 515	AMD FirePro S4000X
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Skylake GT2	Venus
Launch date	1 September 2015	7 August 2014
Place in performance rating	1428	1431
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	775 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 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	640
Pixel fill rate	2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s	31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Floating-point performance		992.0 gflops
Transistor count		1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		MXM-A
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	Yes
Memory bandwidth		72 GB / s
Memory clock speed		4500 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync