Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

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 50% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 758 MHz
2916.2x more texture fill rate: 48.00 GTexel/s vs 16.46 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 31 May 2016
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 758 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s vs 16.46 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1457 vs 1148

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1457 vs 1148

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1148

1457

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1148	1457
Geekbench - OpenCL		22612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		15.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		206.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		85.46
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		60

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	GCN 3.0
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	Wani
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	31 May 2016
Place in performance rating	1472	1474
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	758 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s	16.46 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt
Floating-point performance		526.8 gflops
Transistor count		2,410 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	IGP
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent
Memory bus width	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared
Memory type	System Shared	System Shared