Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon HD 7950 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 7950

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1250 MHz
883.9x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
12x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1250 MHz

Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 31 January 2012
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1250 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950

2.3x more pipelines: 1792 vs 768
5.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82144 vs 13898
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 6889
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 6889
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 3462
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3214
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3214

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1792 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	82144 vs 13898
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7988 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7988 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

13898

82144

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

7988

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

7988

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3359

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 7950
Geekbench - OpenCL	13898	82144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	7988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	311
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		63.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1177.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		69.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		343.81
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1914

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon HD 7950
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG1	Tahiti
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	31 January 2012
Place in performance rating	531	528
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1250 MHz
Compute units	96	28
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	1792
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	89.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	300 Watt
Floating-point performance		2,867 gflops
Stream Processors		1792
Transistor count		4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 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	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	240 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	1250 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
PowerTune
ZeroCore