Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- 1650x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 32 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
- Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2687 vs 1507
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1367
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1367
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 2 Sep 2020 vs 24 April 2012 |
| Texture fill rate | 52.80 GTexel/s vs 32 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 45 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2687 vs 1507 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3708 vs 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3708 vs 1367 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M
- 2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
- Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
- Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 354
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz vs 300 MHz |
| Pipelines | 640 vs 384 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 556 vs 354 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3356 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870M
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| Name | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 | AMD Radeon HD 7870M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2687 | 1507 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 354 | 556 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12205 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 79.859 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1138.276 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.596 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 61.742 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 193.829 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5609 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3708 | 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | 3359 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5609 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3708 | 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 | 3359 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 | AMD Radeon HD 7870M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Generation 12.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Tiger Lake GT1 | Heathrow |
| Launch date | 2 Sep 2020 | 24 April 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 622 | 575 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | |
| Compute units | 48 | |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 28 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 211.2 GFLOPS | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 1.690 TFLOPS | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 844.8 GFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 384 | 640 |
| Pixel fill rate | 13.20 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 52.80 GTexel/s | 32 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Floating-point performance | 1,024 gflops | |
| Transistor count | 1,500 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x1 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | |
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
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