Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon RX 550

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon RX 550 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

AMD Radeon RX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
1394.6x more texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11991 vs 11610
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 79.859 vs 33.507
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1137.615 vs 1037.305
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.569 vs 3.064
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 61.688 vs 52.533
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 192.566 vs 140.911
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 4485
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 940
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2158
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 4485
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 940
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2158

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 18 April 2017
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11991 vs 11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	79.859 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1137.615 vs 1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.569 vs 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	61.688 vs 52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	192.566 vs 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5609 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5609 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 2158

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2690 vs 2666
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 476 vs 383

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2690 vs 2666
PassMark - G2D Mark	476 vs 383

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2666

2690

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

476

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11991

11610

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

79.859

33.507

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1137.615

1037.305

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.569

3.064

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

61.688

52.533

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

192.566

140.911

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5609

4485

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

940

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

2158

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5609

4485

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

940

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

2158

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	AMD Radeon RX 550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2666	2690
PassMark - G2D Mark	383	476
Geekbench - OpenCL	11991	11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	79.859	33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1137.615	1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.569	3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	61.688	52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	192.566	140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5609	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708	940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5609	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708	940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	AMD Radeon RX 550
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Tiger Lake GT1	Lexa
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	594	876
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Price now		$75
Value for money (0-100)		59.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1183 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 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	512
Pixel fill rate	13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s	37.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Floating-point performance		1.2 TFLOPs
Transistor count		2,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Width	IGP
Length		145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		112 GB/s
Memory bus width		128 bit
Memory clock speed		7000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)