Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) and ATI Radeon 8500 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 20 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 275 MHz
21818.2x more texture fill rate: 48.00 GTexel/s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 150 nm

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 150 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500

Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	ATI Radeon 8500
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1150
PassMark - G2D Mark		146
PassMark - G3D Mark		7

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	Rage 7
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	R200
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1142	1140
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	640
Pixel fill rate	24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	48.00 GTexel/s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count		60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	Ring Bus	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	8.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	550 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	DDR