Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon HD 6990

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon HD 6990 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

AMD Radeon HD 6990

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
283.2x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 40 nm
15x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 4562
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 4562

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 8 March 2011
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 375 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 4562

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990

2.8x more core clock speed: 830 MHz vs 300 MHz
4x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 768
2.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 3462
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3214
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 630 vs 311
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3013 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	830 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 768
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	630 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	3013 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6990

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

4562

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

4562

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3356

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

630

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

3013

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 6990
Geekbench - OpenCL	14127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3356
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	630
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	3013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		17.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		840.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		53.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		265.302
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 6990
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	TeraScale 3
Code name	DG1	Antilles
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	8 March 2011
Place in performance rating	520	626
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$159.99
Value for money (0-100)		27.81
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	830 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	40 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	2x 1536
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	375 Watt
Floating-point performance		2x 2,549.8 gflops
Transistor count		2,640 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		295 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	5000 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5