Intel HD 610 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Compare Intel HD 610 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X 8 GB, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

65 points

Identical

65 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

2 FPS

25 FPS

23 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

1 FPS

23 FPS

22 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

1 FPS

30 FPS

29 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

0 FPS

14 FPS

14 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

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Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz

1050 MHz

250% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

900 MHz

1050 MHz

16% slightly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

5 W

5399% significantly lower TDP

275 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

1.8 Gigapixels/s

67.2 Gigapixels/s

3633% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

10.8 Gigatexels/s

184.8 Gigatexels/s

1611% significantly higher texture rate

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

2816

2833% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

176

1366% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

3100% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

530th of 586

533rd of 586

Family

The product line

Radeon R9 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August

2015 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

4.5

HD 610 vs Radeon R9 390X comparison

For gaming, the Radeon R9 390X graphics card is better than the HD 610 in our tests.

The Radeon R9 390X has a significantly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the Radeon R9 390X also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the HD 610 has a significantly lower TDP at 5 W when compared to the Radeon R9 390X at 275 W. This is not a measure of performance, but rather the amount of heat generated by the chip when running at its highest speed.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Radeon R9 390X over the HD 610.