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).

Intel HD Graphics 5600

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

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
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8637 vs 2366
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 2366
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

2366

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	2366	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	741	744
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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