Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. 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 Vega 6

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2666 vs 1015
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 383 vs 320

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 7 January 2018
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2666 vs 1015
PassMark - G2D Mark	383 vs 320

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2666

1015

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

320

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
PassMark - G3D Mark	2666	1015
PassMark - G2D Mark	383	320
Geekbench - OpenCL	11991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1137.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	61.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	192.566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	GCN 5th gen
Code name	Tiger Lake GT1	Vega Raven Ridge
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	7 January 2018
Place in performance rating	594	482
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1100 MHz
Compute units	48
Core clock speed	300 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	384
Pipelines	384
Pixel fill rate	13.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	52.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count		4500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1
Width	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4	6.0
Vulkan