Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 vs AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and AMD Radeon R7 M270DX 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 6200

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 940 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1461 vs 962
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 233

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 11 June 2014
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 940 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1461 vs 962
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 233

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

962

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

233

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1461	962
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2475
Geekbench - OpenCL	4466
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	958
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2304

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Broadwell GT3e	Topaz
Launch date	5 September 2014	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	789	636
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	940 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	55.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	IGP
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Shared memory	1
Technologies
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