Intel HD Graphics 5600 vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5600 and ATI Radeon X550 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

ATI Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
44.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2264 vs 51
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 463 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 1 July 2005
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2264 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	463 vs 266

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2264

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

463

266

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5600	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2264	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	463	266
Geekbench - OpenCL	2872
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	ATI Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	Rage 9
Code name	Broadwell GT2	RV370
Launch date	5 September 2014	1 July 2005
Place in performance rating	746	639
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	107 million
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Technologies
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