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).

 

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 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 591 vs 504
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 232 vs 121
  • 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 504
PassMark - G2D Mark 232 vs 121
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: 5119 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 5119 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
504
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
232
121
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2266
5119
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 591 504
PassMark - G2D Mark 232 121
Geekbench - OpenCL 2266 5119
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 1484 1485
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