Intel HD Graphics 6000 vs AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 6000 and AMD Radeon R5 230 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 - 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).

Intel HD Graphics 6000

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 6000

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 40 nm
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 19 Watt

Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 19 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

2.1x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1681 vs 1363
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1681 vs 1363
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3290 vs 3259
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3290 vs 3259

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681 vs 1363
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681 vs 1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290 vs 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290 vs 3259

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 6000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1363

1681

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1363

1681

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3259

3290

Name	Intel HD Graphics 6000	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	875
PassMark - G2D Mark	273
Geekbench - OpenCL	3519
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1363	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1363	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259	3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259	3290

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 6000	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Broadwell GT3	Caicos
Launch date	5 September 2014	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1126	1127
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	160
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	370 million
Floating-point performance		200.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		5 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
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
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		10.67 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1334 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Technologies
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