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

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

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

AMD Radeon HD 6670A

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 6670A

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 specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)	AMD Radeon HD 6670A
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	not rated
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		64.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed		4000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		MXM-A (3.0)