Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 vs AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 and AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM 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.

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
16.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 8 January 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3583 vs 1586
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3583 vs 1586
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 2418
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 2418

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3583 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3583 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339 vs 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339 vs 2418

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

3583

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

3583

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2418

3339

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2418

3339

Name	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1586	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1586	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2418	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2418	3339
PassMark - G2D Mark	572
PassMark - G3D Mark	1626
Geekbench - OpenCL	5885

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Broadwell GT3e	Tahiti
Launch date	5 September 2014	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	724	755
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,789 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Texture fill rate		118.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		274 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory clock speed		5500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5