Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon R9 M270X 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 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 1100x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2686 vs 1204
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 306
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 21 March 2014
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2686 vs 1204
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 vs 306

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M270X

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 768 vs 384
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M270X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2686
1204
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3361
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon R9 M270X
PassMark - G3D Mark 2686 1204
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 306
Geekbench - OpenCL 12010
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3361

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 Venus
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 21 March 2014
Place in performance rating 626 624
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 775 MHz
Compute units 48 10
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 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 384 768
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16

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 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore