Intel HD Graphics vs AMD Radeon R7 M270

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics and AMD Radeon R7 M270 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 153
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 9 January 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 vs 153

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 15.2x more texture fill rate: 19.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
  • 64x more pipelines: 384 vs 6
  • 40.6x better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 767 vs 464
  • Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6810 vs 5315
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1747 vs 470
  • 218.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1747 vs 8
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 6
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 767 vs 464
Geekbench - OpenCL 6810 vs 5315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1747 vs 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1747 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M270

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
464
767
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
193
153
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5315
6810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
470
1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8
1747
Name Intel HD Graphics AMD Radeon R7 M270
PassMark - G3D Mark 464 767
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 153
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 6810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 470 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8 1747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.826
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2081

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics AMD Radeon R7 M270

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadwell GT1 Opal
Launch date 5 January 2015 9 January 2014
Place in performance rating 1384 1386
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 15.6 gflops 633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 6 384
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s 19.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,040 million

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
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Memory type System Shared Not Listed
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore