Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake) vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake) and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 160 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 30 Jul 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

6.6x more core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1400 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 67.20 GTexel/s
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 10 nm

Core clock speed	1968 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2589 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Texture fill rate	331.4 GTexel/s vs 67.20 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 10 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark		16471
PassMark - G2D Mark		911
Geekbench - OpenCL		82703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		706.665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1804

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.2	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Alder Lake GT1	Navi 23 XT
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	30 Jul 2021
Place in performance rating	not rated	191
Launch price (MSRP)		$379
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	2589 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1968 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	768	2048
Pixel fill rate	33.60 GPixel/s	165.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	67.20 GTexel/s	331.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	160 Watt
Compute units		32
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		662.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		21.21 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.60 TFLOPS
Transistor count		11060 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length		190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
Width		110 mm (4.3 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR6