Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon R9 370X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon R9 370X 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).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

AMD Radeon R9 370X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1030 MHz
961.2x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 82.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
7.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 180 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 27 August 2015
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 82.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 180 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

3.3x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
2.6x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25659 vs 14238
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 6889
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 6889
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 3462
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3214

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	1280 vs 768
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659 vs 14238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393 vs 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 3214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 370X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14238

25659

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

8393

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

8393

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3704

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3348

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon R9 370X
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238	25659
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3348
PassMark - G2D Mark	311
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		337.583

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon R9 370X
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG1	Trinidad
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	27 August 2015
Place in performance rating	523	526
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1030 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	980 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	1280
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	82.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	180 Watt
Floating-point performance		2,637 gflops
Transistor count		2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Length		221 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	179.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	5600 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5