Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon R9 M385X 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) 3 month(s) later
  • 857.1x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2687 vs 1994
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 354 vs 267
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 4079
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 4079
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 vs 5 May 2015
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2687 vs 1994
PassMark - G2D Mark 354 vs 267
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 vs 4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 vs 4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3707

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
  • 4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49760 vs 12204
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 896 vs 384
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 49760 vs 12204
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 R9 M385X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2687
1994
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
354
267
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12204
49760
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5609
4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon R9 M385X
PassMark - G3D Mark 2687 1994
PassMark - G2D Mark 354 267
Geekbench - OpenCL 12204 49760
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1138.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 61.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 193.829
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5609 4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5609 4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Tiger Lake GT1 Strato
Launch date 2 Sep 2020 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 622 563
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
Compute units 48
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1000 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 384 896
Pixel fill rate 13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 52.80 GTexel/s 61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops
Transistor count 2,080 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
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.1 Not Listed
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore