Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon HD 7790

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon HD 7790 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 7790

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
1414.3x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 56 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 85 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 5087
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 5087
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 988
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 988
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3214 vs 2061
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3214 vs 2061

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 22 March 2013
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 56 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 5087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 5087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214 vs 2061
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214 vs 2061

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7790

3.3x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
2.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14832 vs 14127
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 459 vs 311
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3090 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	896 vs 768
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14832 vs 14127
PassMark - G2D Mark	459 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	3090 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7790

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14127

14832

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

5087

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

5087

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

988

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

988

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

2061

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

2061

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

459

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

3090

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 7790
Geekbench - OpenCL	14127	14832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	5087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	5087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	2061
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	2061
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	459
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	3090
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		40.749
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		828.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		63.284
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		217.744
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 7790
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	GCN 2.0
Code name	DG1	Bonaire
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	22 March 2013
Place in performance rating	520	817
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$134.99
Value for money (0-100)		29.57
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1000 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	896
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	85 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,792 gflops
Transistor count		2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		183 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	6000 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5