Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2264 vs 1638
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 vs 1638

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 26.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 24
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 463
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8637 vs 2369
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3330
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3330
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3702 vs 1598
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3702 vs 1598
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 629 vs 463
Geekbench - OpenCL 8637 vs 2369
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3702 vs 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3702 vs 1598

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
1638
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
463
629
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2369
8637
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
3702
Name Intel HD Graphics 5600 AMD Radeon HD 8870M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 1638
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 629
Geekbench - OpenCL 2369 8637
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598 3702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.848

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5600 AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadwell GT2 Venus
Launch date 5 September 2014 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 742 743
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10
Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 31 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large

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 72 GB / s
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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