Intel HD Graphics 500
VS
AMD FirePro M6000
Intel HD Graphics 500
VS
AMD FirePro M6000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 500 and AMD FirePro M6000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

867
Place in performance rating
492
Gen. 9 Apollo Lake
Architecture
GCN
Apollo Lake GT1
Code name
Heathrow
Laptop
Type
Mobile workstation
1 September 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
1 July 2012 (9 years ago)
$414
Price now
$162
0.58
Value for money
2.26
Apollo Lake
GPU code name
Heathrow
Laptop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 500 and AMD FirePro M6000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
640
300 MHz
Core clock speed
750 MHz
750 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
189 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
10 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
43 Watt
9.000
Texture fill rate
32.00
144.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,024 gflops
12
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
700 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
189 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
10 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
43 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel HD Graphics 500 and AMD FirePro M6000.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
medium sized
no data
Bus support
n/a
no data
Form factor
MXM-B

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel HD Graphics 500 and AMD FirePro M6000 can be seen in this section.

DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 500 and AMD FirePro M6000, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
StereoOutput3D
1

Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 500 and AMD FirePro M6000 is the additional functionality.

+
Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 500 and AMD FirePro M6000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.97
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 500 and AMD FirePro M6000 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel HD Graphics 500 or AMD FirePro M6000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel HD Graphics 500
AMD FirePro M6000
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 500
AMD FirePro M6000
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 500
AMD FirePro M6000
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 500
AMD FirePro M6000
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 500
AMD FirePro M6000
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 500

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (10 Watt vs 43 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD FirePro M6000

7.42% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($162 vs $414)

More pipelines (640 vs 96)

So, Intel HD Graphics 500 or AMD FirePro M6000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro M6000 .

Intel HD Graphics 500 versus AMD FirePro M6000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 500
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD FirePro M6000