Intel UHD Graphics 617 vs AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 617 and AMD Radeon R7 M260X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 617

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 715 MHz
  • 1468.5x more texture fill rate: 25.20 GTexel/s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 232 vs 161
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 November 2018 vs 6 December 2015
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 715 MHz
Texture fill rate 25.20 GTexel/s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 232 vs 161

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M260X

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 620 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • Around 75% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5753 vs 3292
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1893 vs 1313
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1893 vs 1313
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1775 vs 1461
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1775 vs 1461
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3158 vs 1633
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3158 vs 1633
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 986 vs 874
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 620 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5753 vs 3292
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893 vs 1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893 vs 1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1775 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1775 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3158 vs 1633
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3158 vs 1633
PassMark - G3D Mark 986 vs 874

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 617
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3292
5753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1313
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1313
1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1461
1775
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1461
1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1633
3158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1633
3158
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
232
161
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
874
986
Name Intel UHD Graphics 617 AMD Radeon R7 M260X
Geekbench - OpenCL 3292 5753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1313 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1313 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1461 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1461 1775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1633 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1633 3158
PassMark - G2D Mark 232 161
PassMark - G3D Mark 874 986
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel UHD Graphics 617 AMD Radeon R7 M260X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.5 GCN 1.0
Code name Amber Lake GT2 Opal
Launch date 7 November 2018 6 December 2015
Place in performance rating 1223 1224
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 715 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 100.8 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 806.4 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 403.2 GFLOPS
Pipelines 24 384
Pixel fill rate 3.150 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 25.20 GTexel/s 17.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Compute units 6
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.3
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore