Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon R5 M255

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon R5 M255 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 940 MHz
  • 2340.4x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 22.56 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2670 vs 542
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 381 vs 134
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11993 vs 4720
  • 5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.809 vs 14.288
  • 6.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1137.453 vs 166.596
  • 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.569 vs 0.988
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.688 vs 20.164
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 192.566 vs 66.631
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 1459
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1715
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 1459
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1715
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 12 October 2014
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 940 MHz
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 22.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2670 vs 542
PassMark - G2D Mark 381 vs 134
Geekbench - OpenCL 11993 vs 4720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.809 vs 14.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.453 vs 166.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 vs 0.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 vs 20.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 vs 66.631
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 vs 1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 vs 1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 1715

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M255

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M255

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2670
542
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
381
134
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11993
4720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.809
14.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137.453
166.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.569
0.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
61.688
20.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
192.566
66.631
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon R5 M255
PassMark - G3D Mark 2670 542
PassMark - G2D Mark 381 134
Geekbench - OpenCL 11993 4720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.809 14.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1137.453 166.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.569 0.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.688 20.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 192.566 66.631
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 1459
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon R5 M255

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 Topaz
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 12 October 2014
Place in performance rating 621 1367
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 940 MHz
Compute units 48 5
Core clock speed 300 MHz 925 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 384 320
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 22.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Floating-point performance 721.9 gflops
Transistor count 3,100 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
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12.1 11
OpenCL 2.1 Not Listed
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore