Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and AMD Radeon HD 6650A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

  • Around 71% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 80x more pipelines: 480 vs 6
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines 480 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Name Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) AMD Radeon HD 6650A
PassMark - G2D Mark 418
PassMark - G3D Mark 836

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Essentials

Architecture Sandy Bridge TeraScale 2
Code name Sandy Bridge Onega
Launch date 1 May 2011 19 April 2011
Place in performance rating not rated 351
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 6 480
Floating-point performance 576.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt
Transistor count 716 million

API support

DirectX 10.1 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory yes
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0)

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