Intel Iris Graphics 5100 vs AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 5100 and AMD Radeon HD 6490M 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

Intel Iris Graphics 5100

AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 745 vs 378

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	745 vs 378

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M

4x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 200 MHz
4x more pipelines: 160 vs 40
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 514 vs 270
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4866 vs 4439
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1405 vs 1019
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1405 vs 1019
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2543 vs 1668
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2543 vs 1668

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 40
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	514 vs 270
Geekbench - OpenCL	4866 vs 4439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1405 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1405 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2543 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2543 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 5100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6490M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

745

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

270

514

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4439

4866

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

1405

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

1405

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1668

2543

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1668

2543

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	AMD Radeon HD 6490M
PassMark - G3D Mark	745	378
PassMark - G2D Mark	270	514
Geekbench - OpenCL	4439	4866
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1019	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1019	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1668	2543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1668	2543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		96.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		6.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		10.814

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	AMD Radeon HD 6490M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	TeraScale 2
Code name	Haswell GT3	Seymour
Launch date	27 May 2013	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1191	1193
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,193.03
Price now		$1,193.03
Value for money (0-100)		0.39
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	40	160
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	370 million
Floating-point performance		256 gflops
Texture fill rate		6.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed		3200 MHz
Memory type		DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync