Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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).

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

ATI Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 55 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 150 Watt
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2013 vs 25 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

3.8x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 200 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 800 vs 40
11.5x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1367 vs 1191

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1367 vs 1191

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1191

1367

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	ATI Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	1191	1367
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	46
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2095
Geekbench - OpenCL	5081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	TeraScale
Code name	Haswell GT3e	RV770
Launch date	27 May 2013	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	644	1325
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	104.0 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	40	800
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	392 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.3	3.3
Memory
Memory type	eDRAM	GDDR5
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Technologies
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