Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1869 vs 1306
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 2014
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 2014
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1869 vs 1306
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 vs 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 401
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4920 vs 2427
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2656 vs 1598
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2656 vs 1598
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 vs 401
Geekbench - OpenCL 4920 vs 2427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2656 vs 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2656 vs 1598

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1869
1306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
401
751
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2427
4920
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
2656
Name Intel HD Graphics 5600 AMD Radeon HD 8790M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1869 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark 401 751
Geekbench - OpenCL 2427 4920
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598 2656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2181
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1607

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5600 AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadwell GT2 Mars
Launch date 5 September 2014 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 836 837
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 850 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,040 million
Compute units 6
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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