Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2264 vs 1367
  • 10.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 463 vs 46
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 25 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 vs 1367
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 33.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 24
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 800 vs 24
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 3330

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
1367
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
463
46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3346
Name Intel HD Graphics 5600 ATI Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 1367
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 46
Geekbench - OpenCL 2872
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5600 ATI Radeon HD 4870

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 TeraScale
Code name Broadwell GT2 RV770
Launch date 5 September 2014 25 June 2008
Place in performance rating 746 1325
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 24 800
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 956 million
Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 30 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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