Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs AMD Radeon R7 M260

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5500 and AMD Radeon R7 M260 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), 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, 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 5500

AMD Radeon R7 M260

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 591 vs 502
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 233 vs 120
Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 195.811 vs 145.3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 11 June 2014
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	591 vs 502
PassMark - G2D Mark	233 vs 120
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	195.811 vs 145.3

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260

9.4x more core clock speed: 940 MHz vs 100 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 980 MHz vs 950 MHz
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5123 vs 2266
4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.249 vs 3.422
Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1404 vs 781
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1093 vs 754
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1704 vs 1397
Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1404 vs 781
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1093 vs 754
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1704 vs 1397

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	940 MHz vs 100 MHz
Boost clock speed	980 MHz vs 950 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5123 vs 2266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.249 vs 3.422
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404 vs 781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1093 vs 754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1704 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404 vs 781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1093 vs 754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1704 vs 1397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

591

502

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

233

120

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2266

5123

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.422

14.249

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

195.811

145.3

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

781

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

754

1093

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

1704

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

781

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

754

1093

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

1704

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5500	AMD Radeon R7 M260
PassMark - G3D Mark	591	502
PassMark - G2D Mark	233	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	2266	5123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.422	14.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	195.811	145.3
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	781	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	754	1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	781	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	754	1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397	1704
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		77.895

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5500	AMD Radeon R7 M260
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Broadwell GT2	Topaz
Launch date	5 September 2014	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	1486	1487
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Price now		$799
Value for money (0-100)		1.33
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	980 MHz
Core clock speed	100 MHz	940 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	24	384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	3,100 million
Compute units		6
Floating-point performance		721.9 gflops
Texture fill rate		22.56 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 bit
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		32 GB/s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Technologies
Quick Sync
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore