Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), 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 5600

AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 4 January 2011
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

2.3x more core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 300 MHz
40x more pipelines: 960 vs 24
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 463
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3349 vs 2872
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3229 vs 1598
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3229 vs 1598

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	960 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 2264
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 463
Geekbench - OpenCL	3349 vs 2872
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3229 vs 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3229 vs 1598

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2264

2270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

463

656

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2872

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3330

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3330

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1598

3229

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1598

3229

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5600	AMD Radeon HD 6970M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2264	2270
PassMark - G2D Mark	463	656
Geekbench - OpenCL	2872	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3330	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3330	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1598	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1598	3229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		117.801

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5600	AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Broadwell GT2	Blackcomb
Launch date	5 September 2014	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	745	779
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	24	960
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	1,700 million
Floating-point performance		1,305.6 gflops
Texture fill rate		32.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		115.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync