Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon HD 7850 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: 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 7850

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1000 MHz
1439x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
9x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1200 MHz
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 6173
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 6173

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 6173

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3696 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3696 vs 3462
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3214
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 311
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3885 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1024 vs 768
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3696 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3696 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	567 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	3885 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

6173

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

6173

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3696

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3696

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3351

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

567

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

3885

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 7850
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3351
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	567
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	3885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		249.482
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1312

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 7850
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG1	Pitcairn
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	523	520
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Price now		$449.59
Value for money (0-100)		11.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 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	1024
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	55.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	225 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,761 gflops
Stream Processors		1200
Transistor count		2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	11
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	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	1200 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync