Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
16.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 254 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 373
Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5885 vs 3977

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 19 September 2011
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 254 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	572 vs 373
Geekbench - OpenCL	5885 vs 3977

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 1626

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534 vs 1626

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

572

373

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2534

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5885

3977

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2418
PassMark - G2D Mark	572	373
PassMark - G3D Mark	1626	2534
Geekbench - OpenCL	5885	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.789

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Broadwell GT3e	Barts
Launch date	5 September 2014	19 September 2011
Place in performance rating	724	713
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,700 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,536.0 gflops
Pipelines		2x 960
Texture fill rate		2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		4200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5