AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
7.7x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.6x more boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1100 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 52.80 GTexel/s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 10 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 383
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9583 vs 2666
4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48727 vs 11991

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 2 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 52.80 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 10 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 383
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583 vs 2666
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727 vs 11991

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

7.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 107 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 107 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

383

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9583

2666

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48727

11991

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	383
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583	2666
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727	11991
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1137.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		61.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		192.566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Generation 12.0
Code name	Navi 24	Tiger Lake GT1
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	2 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	216	594
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1100 MHz
Compute units	16	48
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	10 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)	211.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)	1.690 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS	844.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	384
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s	13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	52.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x1
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Width		IGP
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	2.2	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6