Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs AMD Radeon 520

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and AMD Radeon 520 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

AMD Radeon 520

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1030 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 48.00 GTexel/s vs 20.60 GTexel/s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 18 April 2017
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s vs 20.60 GTexel/s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

3.4x more core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 520

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon 520
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1150
PassMark - G3D Mark		865
PassMark - G2D Mark		203
Geekbench - OpenCL		26304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon 520
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	Oland
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1108	1109
Design		Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation		1st Gen
Type		Desktop, Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1030 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s	4.10 GP/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s	20.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	50 Watt
Compute units		5
Floating-point performance		660 GFLOPs
Render output units		4
Stream Processors		320
Texture Units		20
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	48 GB/s
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	4500 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)