Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M 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 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 3200x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2686 vs 984
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12010 vs 5079
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 1579
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1813
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3178
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 1579
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1813
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3178
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 1 March 2013
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2686 vs 984
Geekbench - OpenCL 12010 vs 5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3178

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 371
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 768 vs 371

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2686
984
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
768
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12010
5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3178
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2686 984
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 12010 5079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1136.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 193.592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3178

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 Sun
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 626 625
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 775 MHz
Compute units 48 6
Core clock speed 300 MHz 775 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 384 384
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 16.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Floating-point performance 528.0 gflops
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Width IGP
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.1 11
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0