Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 55.2 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 8.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 127 Watt
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 434
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 21 October 2010
Texture fill rate 55.2 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 127 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 vs 434

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

  • 20x more pipelines: 960 vs 48
  • Around 68% better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1974 vs 1461
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3489 vs 2475
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3489 vs 2475
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 958
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 958
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 2304
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 2304
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 960 vs 48
Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1974 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3489 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3489 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 2304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 2304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1461
1974
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
569
434
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
958
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
958
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
3348
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 AMD Radeon HD 6850
PassMark - G3D Mark 1461 1974
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 434
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2475 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2475 3489
Geekbench - OpenCL 4461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 958 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 958 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2304 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2304 3348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.45
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 AMD Radeon HD 6850

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Broadwell GT3e Barts
Launch date 5 September 2014 21 October 2010
Place in performance rating 790 819
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $99.99
Value for money (0-100) 28.63

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 883.2 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 960
Texture fill rate 55.2 GTexel / s 37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 127 Watt
Transistor count 189 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
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bus support AGP
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire