Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs ATI FireGL T2-128

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5500 and ATI FireGL T2-128 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.

Intel HD Graphics 5500

ATI FireGL T2-128

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
19.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 594 vs 31
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 230 vs 178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 1 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	594 vs 31
PassMark - G2D Mark	230 vs 178

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL T2-128

4x more core clock speed: 398 MHz vs 100 MHz

Core clock speed	398 MHz vs 100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU 2: ATI FireGL T2-128

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

594

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

178

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5500	ATI FireGL T2-128
PassMark - G3D Mark	594	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	178
Geekbench - OpenCL	2262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	195.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	233

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5500	ATI FireGL T2-128
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Rage 8
Code name	Broadwell GT2	RV350
Launch date	5 September 2014	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1478	999
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	100 MHz	398 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	76 million
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		10.24 GB / s
Memory clock speed		594 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Technologies
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