Intel Iris Graphics 5100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 5100 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

Intel Iris Graphics 5100

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 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 67% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 268 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2013 vs 7 January 2010
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	268 vs 224

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

3.5x more core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 200 MHz
20x more pipelines: 800 vs 40
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1092 vs 742
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1679 vs 1019
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1679 vs 1019
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3077 vs 1668
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3077 vs 1668

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 40
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1092 vs 742
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1679 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1679 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3077 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3077 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 5100
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

742

1092

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

268

224

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1668

3077

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1668

3077

Name	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
PassMark - G3D Mark	742	1092
PassMark - G2D Mark	268	224
Geekbench - OpenCL	4028
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1019	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1019	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1668	3077
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1668	3077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		585.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		20.108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		98.606
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2070

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	TeraScale 2
Code name	Haswell GT3	Broadway
Launch date	27 May 2013	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1198	1200
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	40	800
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million	1,040 million
Floating-point performance		1,120.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		28 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		64.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed		4000 MHz
Memory type		DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync
HDMI 1.3a