Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 43% higher pipelines: 640 vs 448
Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1148 vs 1069

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 7 Jan 2020
Pipelines	640 vs 448
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1148 vs 1069

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 10 nm

Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 10 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1148

1069

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1148	1069
Geekbench - OpenCL		11203

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Vega
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	Vega Raven Ridge
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	7 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating	1472	1473
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	640	448
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
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