Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3702 vs 1586
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3702 vs 1586
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2418
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2418
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 572
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1638 vs 1626
  • Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9065 vs 5885
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3702 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3702 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 2418
PassMark - G2D Mark 629 vs 572
PassMark - G3D Mark 1638 vs 1626
Geekbench - OpenCL 9065 vs 5885

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1586
3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1586
3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2418
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2418
3357
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
572
629
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1626
1638
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5885
9065
Name Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 AMD Radeon HD 8870M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1586 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1586 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2418 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2418 3357
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 629
PassMark - G3D Mark 1626 1638
Geekbench - OpenCL 5885 9065
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.848

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Broadwell GT3e Venus
Launch date 5 September 2014 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 724 726
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 800 MHz 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10
Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 31 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0