Intel Haswell HD Graphics Compared To AMD Radeon
Large open-source AMD Radeon Source Engine Linux comparison with Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike Source then compared to Intel Haswell HD 4600 integrated graphics on Core i7 4770K. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Radeon HD 4550: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550 512MB (600/800MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Radeon HD 4650: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Radeon HD 4670: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB (750/1000MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Radeon HD 4830: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB (575/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Radeon HD 4850: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB (625/993MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Radeon HD 6450: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Intel Haswell - HD Graphics 4600: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.905, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


Counter-Strike Source
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 4550 ................... 25.84 |============
Radeon HD 4650 ................... 58.13 |==========================
Radeon HD 4670 ................... 67.12 |==============================
Radeon HD 4830 ................... 73.87 |=================================
Radeon HD 4850 ................... 81.70 |=====================================
Radeon HD 6450 ................... 27.04 |============
Intel Haswell - HD Graphics 4600 . 53.35 |========================


Counter-Strike Source
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 4550 ................... 20.11 |===========
Radeon HD 4650 ................... 47.23 |=========================
Radeon HD 4670 ................... 54.05 |=============================
Radeon HD 4830 ................... 62.18 |=================================
Radeon HD 4850 ................... 69.89 |=====================================
Radeon HD 6450 ................... 21.51 |===========
Intel Haswell - HD Graphics 4600 . 43.46 |=======================


Counter-Strike Source
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 4550 ................... 13.30 |=========
Radeon HD 4650 ................... 33.38 |=======================
Radeon HD 4670 ................... 37.97 |===========================
Radeon HD 4830 ................... 46.53 |=================================
Radeon HD 4850 ................... 52.58 |=====================================
Radeon HD 6450 ................... 14.78 |==========
Intel Haswell - HD Graphics 4600 . 30.26 |=====================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 4550 ................... 19.69 |=============
Radeon HD 4650 ................... 41.13 |============================
Radeon HD 4670 ................... 45.97 |===============================
Radeon HD 4830 ................... 49.52 |==================================
Radeon HD 4850 ................... 54.40 |=====================================
Radeon HD 6450 ................... 21.08 |==============
Intel Haswell - HD Graphics 4600 . 40.28 |===========================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 4550 ................... 14.64 |============
Radeon HD 4650 ................... 32.56 |===========================
Radeon HD 4670 ................... 36.36 |==============================
Radeon HD 4830 ................... 40.85 |=================================
Radeon HD 4850 ................... 45.44 |=====================================
Radeon HD 6450 ................... 15.51 |=============
Intel Haswell - HD Graphics 4600 . 31.08 |=========================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 4550 ................... 9.54  |==========
Radeon HD 4650 ................... 22.89 |=========================
Radeon HD 4670 ................... 25.72 |============================
Radeon HD 4830 ................... 30.94 |=================================
Radeon HD 4850 ................... 34.40 |=====================================
Radeon HD 6450 ................... 10.13 |===========
Intel Haswell - HD Graphics 4600 . 20.81 |======================