Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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).

Intel HD Graphics 5600

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 18 Watt
6.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1869 vs 277
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 401 vs 202

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 18 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1869 vs 277
PassMark - G2D Mark	401 vs 202

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

2.9x more core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 300 MHz
6.7x more pipelines: 160 vs 24

Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1869

277

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

202

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5600	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1869	277
PassMark - G2D Mark	401	202
Geekbench - OpenCL	2427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1598

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5600	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Broadwell GT2	Caicos
Launch date	5 September 2014	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	824	825
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	875 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	24	160
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	370 million
Floating-point performance		280.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		7 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
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	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Technologies
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