Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon Pro W5500 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 6 month(s) later
  • 8.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3463
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 10 Feb 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • 4x more core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 123.2 GTexel/s vs 52.80 GTexel/s
  • 3.7x more pipelines: 1408 vs 384
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 10 nm
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 130.7 vs 79.859
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1138.276
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.641 vs 4.596
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 61.742
  • 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 193.829
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12184 vs 5609
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12184 vs 5609
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s vs 52.80 GTexel/s
Pipelines 1408 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 10 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 vs 79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 1138.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 vs 4.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 61.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 193.829
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 vs 5609

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W5500

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.859
130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1138.276
2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.596
13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.742
135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
193.829
774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3355
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon Pro W5500
PassMark - G3D Mark 2687
PassMark - G2D Mark 354
Geekbench - OpenCL 12204
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1138.276 2361.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.596 13.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.742 135.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 193.829 774.974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon Pro W5500

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 RDNA 1.0
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 Navi 14
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 10 Feb 2020
Place in performance rating 622 330
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1400 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1187 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 211.2 GFLOPS 246.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1.690 TFLOPS 7.885 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 844.8 GFLOPS 3.942 TFLOPS
Pipelines 384 1408
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s 44.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 123.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 125 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 4.0 x8
Width IGP Single-slot
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6