Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs AMD Radeon R5 M420

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and AMD Radeon R5 M420 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: 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 R5 M420

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 850 MHz
2807x more texture fill rate: 48.00 GTexel/s vs 17.1 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

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 15 May 2016
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

2.6x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M420

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon R5 M420
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1150
PassMark - G3D Mark		501
PassMark - G2D Mark		149
Geekbench - OpenCL		14165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3165

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon R5 M420
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	Jet
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	1108	1111
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	850 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s	17.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Floating-point performance		547.2 gflops
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2000 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	DDR3