Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon HD 7970M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

• Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• 776.5x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 68 GTexel / s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
• 6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
• Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.859 vs 51.181
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1138.276 vs 1121.002
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 5094
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3339
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 5094
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3339

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

• 2.8x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 300 MHz
• 3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
• Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3847 vs 2687
• Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 550 vs 354
• Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22410 vs 12204
• Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.355 vs 4.596
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.527 vs 61.742
• Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 256.99 vs 193.829

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2687 3847
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	354 550
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	12204 22410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	79.859 51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1138.276 1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.596 5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	61.742 81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	193.829 256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5609 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3708 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5609 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3708 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3339

Compare specifications (specs)