Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 55.2 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 883.2 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1461 vs 1306
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2475 vs 2181
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2475 vs 2181
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2304 vs 2014
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2304 vs 2014
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 55.2 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 883.2 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1461 vs 1306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2475 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2475 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2304 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2304 vs 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 569
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4806 vs 4463
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2656 vs 958
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2656 vs 958
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 vs 569
Geekbench - OpenCL 4806 vs 4463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2656 vs 958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2656 vs 958

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1461
1306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
569
751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2475
2181
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4463
4806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
958
2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
958
2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
2014
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 AMD Radeon HD 8790M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1461 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2475 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2475 2181
Geekbench - OpenCL 4463 4806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 958 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 958 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2304 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2304 2014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 80.418
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1607

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadwell GT3e Mars
Launch date 5 September 2014 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 790 855
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz 850 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 883.2 gflops 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 384
Texture fill rate 55.2 GTexel / s 21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,040 million
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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