Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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 7870 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 69% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 975 MHz
846.2x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
7.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 185 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 2810
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 2810
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 3264
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 3264

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 19 November 2012
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 185 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462 vs 3264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462 vs 3264

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

3.1x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
2.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3214
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 311
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	1536 vs 768
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	661 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

2810

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

2810

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3264

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3264

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3354

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

661

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

4470

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	13978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3354
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	661
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	4470
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		345.793
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG1	Tahiti
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	19 November 2012
Place in performance rating	535	532
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$270
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	975 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	925 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	1536
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	93.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	185 Watt
Floating-point performance		2,995 gflops
Transistor count		4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
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	192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	6000 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5