Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and AMD Radeon HD 6950 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) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 33.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 500 Watt
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 437
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 14 December 2010
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 500 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 vs 437

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 55.2 GTexel / s
  • 29.3x more pipelines: 1408 vs 48
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 2,252.8 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2613 vs 1461
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3652 vs 2475
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3652 vs 2475
  • Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6114 vs 4463
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2523 vs 958
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2523 vs 958
  • 5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 2304
  • 5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 2304
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 70.4 GTexel / s vs 55.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 48
Floating-point performance 2,252.8 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2613 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3652 vs 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3652 vs 2475
Geekbench - OpenCL 6114 vs 4463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2523 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2523 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 11657 vs 2304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 11657 vs 2304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1461
2613
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
569
437
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
3652
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4463
6114
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
958
2523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
958
2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
11657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
11657
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 AMD Radeon HD 6950
PassMark - G3D Mark 1461 2613
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 437
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2475 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2475 3652
Geekbench - OpenCL 4463 6114
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 958 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 958 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2304 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2304 11657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 889.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 251.203
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 AMD Radeon HD 6950

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 TeraScale 3
Code name Broadwell GT3e Cayman
Launch date 5 September 2014 14 December 2010
Place in performance rating 790 706
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 45.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz 800 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 883.2 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 1408
Texture fill rate 55.2 GTexel / s 70.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 500 Watt
Transistor count 189 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 2.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire