Intel HD Graphics P4600 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics P4600 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics P4600

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 254 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 963 vs 373
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.178 vs 0.789

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2013 vs 19 September 2011
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 Watt vs 254 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	963 vs 373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.178 vs 0.789

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

2.3x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 350 MHz
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 605
Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3977 vs 3372

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 350 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534 vs 605
Geekbench - OpenCL	3977 vs 3372

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics P4600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

605

2534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

963

373

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3372

3977

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.178

0.789

Name	Intel HD Graphics P4600	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	605	2534
PassMark - G2D Mark	963	373
Geekbench - OpenCL	3372	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	146.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.178	0.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	6.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics P4600	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	TeraScale 2
Code name	Haswell GT2	Barts
Launch date	1 June 2013	19 September 2011
Place in performance rating	685	713
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	1,700 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,536.0 gflops
Pipelines		2x 960
Texture fill rate		2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		4200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5