Intel HD Graphics 630 vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 630 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 630

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 27.6 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1107 vs 984
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1859 vs 1579
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1945 vs 1813
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 3178
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1859 vs 1579
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1945 vs 1813
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 3178
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 August 2016 vs 1 March 2013
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 27.6 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1107 vs 984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1859 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1945 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344 vs 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1859 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1945 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344 vs 3178

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 528.0 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 266
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5079 vs 4614
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Floating-point performance 528.0 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 768 vs 266
Geekbench - OpenCL 5079 vs 4614

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1107
984
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
266
768
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4614
5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1859
1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1945
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1859
1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1945
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
3178
Name Intel HD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1107 984
PassMark - G2D Mark 266 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 4614 5079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 312.246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 32.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1859 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1945 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1859 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1945 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344 3178
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 388

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 1.0
Code name Kaby Lake GT2 Sun
Launch date 30 August 2016 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1235 613
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz 775 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 384
Texture fill rate 27.6 GTexel / s 16.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,040 million
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 2 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz