Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
Around 78% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 60-80 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 18 April 2017
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 60-80 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

3.6x more core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 48.00 GTexel/s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640

Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 48.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1024 vs 640

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1150
Geekbench - OpenCL		19039

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	GCN 4.0
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	Baffin
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1108	1110
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$104.99
Type		Desktop, Laptop
Value for money (0-100)		50.84
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1200-1275 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1090-1175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	640	1024
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s	20.40 GP/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s	81.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	60-80 Watt
Compute units		14/16
Floating-point performance		2.6 TFLOPs
Render output units		16
Stream Processors		896/1024
Texture Units		64
Transistor count		3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	MXM-B (3.0)
Bridgeless CrossFire
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
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	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	7000 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)