Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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).

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 79% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 725 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	27 May 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

3.6x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 200 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 640 vs 40
9.5x better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1638 vs 1191
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 399
Around 78% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9065 vs 5081
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3702 vs 3285
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3702 vs 3285

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 40
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1638 vs 1191
PassMark - G2D Mark	629 vs 399
Geekbench - OpenCL	9065 vs 5081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3702 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3702 vs 3285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1191

1638

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

629

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5081

9065

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

3702

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

3702

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1191	1638
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	629
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2095
Geekbench - OpenCL	5081	9065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3285	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3285	3702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		106.848
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	GCN 1.0
Code name	Haswell GT3e	Venus
Launch date	27 May 2013	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	644	726
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	104.0 gflops	992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	40	640
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s	31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	1,500 million
Compute units		10
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
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		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		72 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		4500 MHz
Technologies
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