Intel HD Graphics 6000 vs AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 7470M 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 6000

AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 865 vs 408
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3554 vs 3322
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3259 vs 3074
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3259 vs 3074

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 7 January 2012
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	865 vs 408
Geekbench - OpenCL	3554 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259 vs 3074
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259 vs 3074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M

2.5x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 276
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1422 vs 1363
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1422 vs 1363

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	393 vs 276
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1422 vs 1363
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1422 vs 1363

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 6000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

865

408

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

276

393

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3554

3322

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1363

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1363

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3074

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3074

Name	Intel HD Graphics 6000	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
PassMark - G3D Mark	865	408
PassMark - G2D Mark	276	393
Geekbench - OpenCL	3554	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1363	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1363	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259	3074
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259	3074
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 6000	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Broadwell GT3	Seymour
Launch date	5 September 2014	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1119	1024
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	160
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	7 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	370 million
Floating-point performance		240.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
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	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
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