Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5500 and ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 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 Mobility FireGL 7800

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.4x more boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 280 MHz
12x more pipelines: 24 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 27 Watt
118.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 594 vs 5
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 230 vs 86

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 29 September 2001
Boost clock speed	950 MHz vs 280 MHz
Pipelines	24 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 27 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	594 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	230 vs 86

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

2.8x more core clock speed: 280 MHz vs 100 MHz

Core clock speed	280 MHz vs 100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

594

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5500	ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
PassMark - G3D Mark	594	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	86
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 Mobility FireGL 7800
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Rage 7
Code name	Broadwell GT2	M7
Launch date	5 September 2014	29 September 2001
Place in performance rating	1478	1475
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	280 MHz
Core clock speed	100 MHz	280 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	24	2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	60 million
Texture fill rate		560 MTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	AGP 4x
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	7.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	200 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		64 / 128
Technologies
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