Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs AMD Radeon HD 6670

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and AMD Radeon HD 6670 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

AMD Radeon HD 6670

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm

Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6670

80x more pipelines: 480 vs 6

Pipelines	480 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6670

Name	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)	AMD Radeon HD 6670
PassMark - G3D Mark		727
PassMark - G2D Mark		244
Geekbench - OpenCL		1899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)	AMD Radeon HD 6670
Essentials
Architecture	Sandy Bridge	TeraScale 2
Code name	Sandy Bridge	Turks
Launch date	1 May 2011	19 April 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1261
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$99
Price now		$102.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	800 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	6	480
Floating-point performance		768.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		66 Watt
Transistor count		716 million
API support
DirectX	10.1	11
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		64 GB/s
Memory clock speed		1050 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire