Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs ATI Radeon HD 5970

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and ATI Radeon HD 5970 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 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 40 nm
  • 20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 463 vs 419
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 3213
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 3213
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 18 November 2009
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 vs 419
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 vs 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 vs 3213

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5970

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 133.3x more pipelines: 2x 1600 vs 24
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2301 vs 2264
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3454 vs 1598
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3454 vs 1598
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 2x 1600 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2301 vs 2264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3454 vs 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3454 vs 1598

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2301
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
463
419
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3330
3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
3454
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
3454
Name Intel HD Graphics 5600 ATI Radeon HD 5970
PassMark - G3D Mark 2264 2301
PassMark - G2D Mark 463 419
Geekbench - OpenCL 2872
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3330 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3330 3213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1598 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1598 3454
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3977
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3977
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5600 ATI Radeon HD 5970

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Broadwell GT2 Hemlock
Launch date 5 September 2014 18 November 2009
Place in performance rating 746 603
Type Laptop Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $699

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 24 2x 1600
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 2,154 million
Floating-point performance 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 2x 58.0 GTexel / s billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 128.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity