Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 55.2 GTexel / s vs 32.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4463 vs 3349
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 4 January 2011
Texture fill rate 55.2 GTexel / s vs 32.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 4463 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 20x more pipelines: 960 vs 48
  • Around 48% better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 1461
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 569
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3229 vs 958
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3229 vs 958
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2304
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2304
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 680 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 960 vs 48
Floating-point performance 1,305.6 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2270 vs 1461
PassMark - G2D Mark 656 vs 569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3229 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3229 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 2304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 2304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1461
2270
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
569
656
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4463
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
958
3229
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
958
3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
3342
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 AMD Radeon HD 6970M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1461 2270
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2475
Geekbench - OpenCL 4463 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 958 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 958 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2304 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2304 3342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 117.801

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Broadwell GT3e Blackcomb
Launch date 5 September 2014 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 790 779
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 680 MHz
Floating-point performance 883.2 gflops 1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 960
Texture fill rate 55.2 GTexel / s 32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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