Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vs AMD Radeon HD 8670M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Graphics 6100 and AMD Radeon HD 8670M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 6100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 903 vs 520
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1404 vs 1039
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1404 vs 1039
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 2270
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 2270
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 1 March 2013
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 903 vs 520
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 vs 2270
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 vs 2270

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670M

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 314
  • Around 83% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5532 vs 3025
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1783 vs 1139
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1783 vs 1139
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 vs 314
Geekbench - OpenCL 5532 vs 3025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1783 vs 1139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1783 vs 1139

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8670M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
903
520
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
314
488
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1404
1039
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3025
5532
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
1783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139
1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
2270
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
2270
Name Intel Iris Graphics 6100 AMD Radeon HD 8670M
PassMark - G3D Mark 903 520
PassMark - G2D Mark 314 488
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1404 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1404 1039
Geekbench - OpenCL 3025 5532
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1139 1783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1139 1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 2270
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 2270
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 144.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 71.696

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Graphics 6100 AMD Radeon HD 8670M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadwell GT3 Mars
Launch date 5 January 2015 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1074 1157
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 775 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 775 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,040 million
Compute units 6
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3

Technologies

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