Intel HD Graphics 630 vs AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 630 and AMD Radeon R7 M260X 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 630

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 61% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 715 MHz
  • Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 27.6 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1114 vs 989
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 268 vs 161
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1945 vs 1775
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 3158
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1945 vs 1775
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 3158
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 August 2016 vs 6 December 2015
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate 27.6 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1114 vs 989
PassMark - G2D Mark 268 vs 161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1945 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1945 vs 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344 vs 3158

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

  • Around 77% higher core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • Around 24% better floating-point performance: 549.1 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5641 vs 4565
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1893 vs 1859
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1893 vs 1859
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 620 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5641 vs 4565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893 vs 1859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893 vs 1859

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1114
989
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
268
161
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4565
5641
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1859
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1945
1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1859
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1945
1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3344
3158
Name Intel HD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon R7 M260X
PassMark - G3D Mark 1114 989
PassMark - G2D Mark 268 161
Geekbench - OpenCL 4565 5641
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 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1945 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3344 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1859 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1945 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3344 3158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 388 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 1.0
Code name Kaby Lake GT2 Opal
Launch date 30 August 2016 6 December 2015
Place in performance rating 1231 1233
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz 715 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 620 MHz
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops 549.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 384
Texture fill rate 27.6 GTexel / s 17.16 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
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.3
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 4 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore