Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 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), 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5081 vs 4950
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 May 2013 vs 21 October 2010
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 151 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5081 vs 4950

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

  • 4.8x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
  • 28x more pipelines: 1120 vs 40
  • 19.4x better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2220 vs 1191
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 407 vs 399
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4238 vs 2095
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4238 vs 2095
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3285
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3285
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1120 vs 40
Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2220 vs 1191
PassMark - G2D Mark 407 vs 399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4238 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4238 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3711 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3711 vs 3285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1191
2220
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
399
407
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2095
4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2095
4238
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5081
4950
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
3711
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 AMD Radeon HD 6870
PassMark - G3D Mark 1191 2220
PassMark - G2D Mark 399 407
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2095 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2095 4238
Geekbench - OpenCL 5081 4950
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3285 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3285 3711
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 AMD Radeon HD 6870

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.5 TeraScale 2
Code name Haswell GT3e Barts
Launch date 27 May 2013 21 October 2010
Place in performance rating 642 831
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $239
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.38

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 200 MHz
Floating-point performance 104.0 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 40 1120
Texture fill rate 10.4 GTexel / s 50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 392 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 220 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.3 4.4

Memory

Memory type eDRAM GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire