Intel HD Graphics 620 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 620 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 64x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 512 MB
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 219 vs 46
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 August 2016 vs 25 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 219 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
  • 33.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 24
  • 3x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 403.2 gflops
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1367 vs 926
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 30 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 800 vs 24
Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops vs 403.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1367 vs 926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
926
1367
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
219
46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3346
Name Intel HD Graphics 620 ATI Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark 926 1367
PassMark - G2D Mark 219 46
Geekbench - OpenCL 4162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 227.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 30.288
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 343

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 620 ATI Radeon HD 4870

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 TeraScale
Code name Kaby Lake GT2 RV770
Launch date 30 August 2016 25 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1328 1325
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 403.2 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 24 800
Texture fill rate 25.2 GTexel / s 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 512 MB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz

Technologies

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