Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD FirePro M6000

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD FirePro M6000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 2475x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 32 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
  • Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 43 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13654 vs 8095
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 3024
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 3024
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 1832
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 1832
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 1820
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 vs 1 July 2012
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 43 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 13654 vs 8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 vs 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 vs 1832
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 vs 1820

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3214
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3214
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 311
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark 776 vs 311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M6000

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
13654
8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3357
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
311
776
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
1820
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD FirePro M6000
Geekbench - OpenCL 13654 8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 3357
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 776
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 1820

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD FirePro M6000

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 GCN 1.0
Code name DG1 Heathrow
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 1 July 2012
Place in performance rating 527 528
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz
Compute units 96
Core clock speed 300 MHz 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 2.534 TFLOPS
Pipelines 768 640
Pixel fill rate 39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s 32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 43 Watt
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 MXM-B (3.0)
Width IGP
Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-B
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 68.26 GB/s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) 4000 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X GDDR5
Shared memory 0