Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU vs AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU and AMD Radeon R9 M265X 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 G7 96EU

AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 625 MHz
4224x more texture fill rate: 105.6 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 21 March 2014
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	105.6 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Around 92% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU	AMD Radeon R9 M265X
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1244
PassMark - G3D Mark		1138
PassMark - G2D Mark		210
Geekbench - OpenCL		8829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		20.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		525.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		94.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3214

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU	AMD Radeon R9 M265X
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tiger Lake GT2	Venus
Launch date	2 Sep 2020	21 March 2014
Place in performance rating	1423	1175
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	625 MHz
Compute units	96	10
Core clock speed	300 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	422.4 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	3.379 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1.690 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	640
Pixel fill rate	26.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	105.6 GTexel/s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Floating-point performance		800.0 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
Laptop size		medium sized
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
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore