Intel UHD Graphics 630 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 630 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel UHD Graphics 630

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 630

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	1 September 2017 vs 8 July 2011
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

2.6x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 350 MHz
8.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 28.8 GTexel / s
93.3x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 24
8.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 460.8 gflops

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 28.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 24
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 460.8 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.807

Name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1237
PassMark - G2D Mark	299
Geekbench - OpenCL	4657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	354.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.807	1.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	20.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	29.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	68

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel UHD Graphics 630	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	TeraScale 2
Code name	Coffee Lake GT2	Barts
Launch date	1 September 2017	8 July 2011
Place in performance rating	1234	1613
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$520
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	460.8 gflops	2x 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	24	2x 1120
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		304 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		4200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
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