Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and AMD Radeon HD 6970 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) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 880 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
  • 18.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 550 Watt
Launch date 27 May 2013 vs 14 December 2010
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 880 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 550 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970

  • 8.1x more texture fill rate: 84.5 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
  • 38.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 40
  • 26x better floating-point performance: 2,703.4 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2839 vs 1180
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 432 vs 390
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5372 vs 2095
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5372 vs 2095
  • 7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35739 vs 5083
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3285
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3285
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 84.5 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 40
Floating-point performance 2,703.4 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2839 vs 1180
PassMark - G2D Mark 432 vs 390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5372 vs 2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5372 vs 2095
Geekbench - OpenCL 35739 vs 5083
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1180
2839
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
390
432
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2095
5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2095
5372
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5083
35739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
3716
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 AMD Radeon HD 6970
PassMark - G3D Mark 1180 2839
PassMark - G2D Mark 390 432
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2095 5372
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2095 5372
Geekbench - OpenCL 5083 35739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3285 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3285 3716
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 920.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 273.175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 AMD Radeon HD 6970

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.5 TeraScale 3
Code name Haswell GT3e Cayman
Launch date 27 May 2013 14 December 2010
Place in performance rating 661 662
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $369
Price now $94.99
Value for money (0-100) 48.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 880 MHz
Core clock speed 200 MHz
Floating-point performance 104.0 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 40 1536
Texture fill rate 10.4 GTexel / s 84.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 550 Watt
Transistor count 392 million 2,640 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 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.3 4.4

Memory

Memory type eDRAM DDR5
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire