Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon R9 M270X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 1650x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 306
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 1204
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 vs 21 March 2014
Boost clock speed 1650 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 vs 306
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 vs 1204

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M270X

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3462
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3462
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3214
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3214
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M270X

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3361
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
311
306
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
1204
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD Radeon R9 M270X
Geekbench - OpenCL 14127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 3361
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 306
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 1204

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 GCN 1.0
Code name DG1 Venus
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 21 March 2014
Place in performance rating 520 611
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz 775 MHz
Compute units 96 10
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 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 768 768
Pixel fill rate 39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.1 11
OpenCL 2.1 Not Listed
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 68.26 GB/s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) 1125 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore