Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) vs AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) and AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
7.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 185 Watt

Launch date	28 May 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 185 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

4.2x more core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1100 MHz
36x more pipelines: 2304 vs 64

Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines	2304 vs 64

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3510

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Intel Gen. 11 (Ice Lake)	GCN 4.0
Code name	Ice Lake G7 Gen. 11	Polaris 20
Launch date	28 May 2019	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	678	679
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$301.69
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		62.57
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	2.25 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1.12 TFLOPS
Pipelines	64	2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	185 Watt
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate		42.88 GP/s
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units		144
Transistor count		5,700 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors		No outputs
VGA
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory	Yes	0
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		256 GB/s
Memory bus width		256 bit
Memory clock speed		8000 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt