Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 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. 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 - 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).

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 680 MHz
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 76% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5885 vs 3349

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5885 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3229 vs 1586
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3229 vs 1586
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2418
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2418
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 572
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 1626

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3229 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3229 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 2418
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 572
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 1626

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

3229

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

3229

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2418

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2418

3342

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

572

656

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2270

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5885

3349

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300	AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1586	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1586	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2418	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2418	3342
PassMark - G2D Mark	572	656
PassMark - G3D Mark	1626	2270
Geekbench - OpenCL	5885	3349
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 P6300	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	724	782
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,700 million
Floating-point performance		1,305.6 gflops
Pipelines		960
Texture fill rate		32.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0