Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon RX 550X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon RX 550X 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).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

AMD Radeon RX 550X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 51.48 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 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2687 vs 2253
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12204 vs 8679
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5609 vs 3428
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3139
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5609 vs 3428
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3139

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 3 April 2018
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s vs 51.48 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2687 vs 2253
Geekbench - OpenCL	12204 vs 8679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5609 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5609 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 354

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 354

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2687

2253

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

354

422

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12204

8679

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5609

3428

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

3139

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5609

3428

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3708

3139

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3349

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	AMD Radeon RX 550X
PassMark - G3D Mark	2687	2253
PassMark - G2D Mark	354	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	12204	8679
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	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5609	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	AMD Radeon RX 550X
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Tiger Lake GT1	Lexa
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	3 April 2018
Place in performance rating	622	628
Type	Laptop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1287 MHz
Compute units	48	8/10
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	20.60 GP/s
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s	51.48 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Floating-point performance		1.65 TFLOPs
Render output units		16
Stream Processors		512/640
Texture Units		40
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
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.1
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 Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support