Intel HD Graphics 620 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 620 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 620

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 975 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 12.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 185 Watt
• 16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

• 3.1x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
• 3.7x more texture fill rate: 93.6 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
• 64x more pipelines: 1536 vs 24
• 7.4x better floating-point performance: 2,995 gflops vs 403.2 gflops
• 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 922
• 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 216
• 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.399 vs 24.275
• 5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1230.47 vs 227.879
• 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.371 vs 1.508
• 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 78.519 vs 15.582
• 11.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 345.793 vs 30.288
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2810 vs 1404
• Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3264 vs 1733
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2810 vs 1404
• Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3264 vs 1733
• 5.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1745 vs 343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	922 4470
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	216 661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	24.275 65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	227.879 1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.508 6.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.582 78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.288 345.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1404 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1733 3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1404 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1733 3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3340 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	343 1745

Compare specifications (specs)