Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and AMD Radeon R9 260 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).

 

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 28 nm
  • 5.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 1980
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 1980
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1598 vs 971
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1598 vs 971
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598 vs 971

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

  • 3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 37.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 24
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3182 vs 2264
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 463
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 896 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3182 vs 2264
PassMark - G2D Mark 586 vs 463

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
3182
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
463
586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
971
Name Intel HD Graphics 5600 AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 3182
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 586
Geekbench - OpenCL 2872
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598 971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598 971

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5600 AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Broadwell GT2 Bonaire
Launch date 5 September 2014 21 December 2013
Place in performance rating 744 580
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 896
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 85 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 2,080 million
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 104.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed 6500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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