Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5500 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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 Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 593 vs 389
7.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 231 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 19 November 2007
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	593 vs 389
PassMark - G2D Mark	231 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

6.7x more core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 100 MHz
13.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 24
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 1397
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 1397

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 100 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 24
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 1397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

389

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

231

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

3345

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5500	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	593	389
PassMark - G2D Mark	231	30
Geekbench - OpenCL	2264
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	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397	3345
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	233

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5500	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	TeraScale
Code name	Broadwell GT2	RV670
Launch date	5 September 2014	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1475	1472
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	100 MHz	668 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	24	320
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		427.5 gflops
Texture fill rate		10.69 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		208 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		53.1 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1660 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
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