Intel UHD Graphics 600
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Intel UHD Graphics 600
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel UHD Graphics 600 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

944
Place in performance rating
540
Gen. 9 Gemini Lake
Architecture
GCN
Gemini Lake GT1
Code name
Heathrow
Laptop
Type
Laptop
11 December 2017 (3 years ago)
Release date
24 April 2012 (9 years ago)
$274
Price now
$338
0.87
Value for money
0.51
Gemini Lake
GPU code name
Heathrow XT
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel UHD Graphics 600 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
640
300 MHz
Core clock speed
800 MHz
750 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
189 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
5 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
9.000
Texture fill rate
32.00
no data
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
5 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
45 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel UHD Graphics 600 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Laptop size
large

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 UHD Graphics 600 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M can be seen in this section.

DDR4 / LPDDR4
Memory type
GDDR5
no data
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel UHD Graphics 600 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between Intel UHD Graphics 600 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M is the additional functionality.

+
Quick Sync
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel UHD Graphics 600 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
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 UHD Graphics 600 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M 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 UHD Graphics 600 or AMD Radeon HD 7870M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 600
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 600
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 600
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 600 5.1
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 600
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
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 UHD Graphics 600

Cheaper ($274 vs $338)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (5 Watt vs 45 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870M

5.97% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 96)

So, Intel UHD Graphics 600 or AMD Radeon HD 7870M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7870M .

Intel UHD Graphics 600 versus AMD Radeon HD 7870M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 4 CpusData Score Intel UHD Graphics 600
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 7870M