Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon R9 M280X 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 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 1414.3x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 56 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 247
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 814
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 vs 5 February 2015
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s vs 56 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 vs 247
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 vs 814

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M280X

  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
  • 3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 41708 vs 14127
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 3462
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 3462
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3214
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3214
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 896 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 41708 vs 14127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14127
41708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3358
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
311
247
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
814
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD Radeon R9 M280X
Geekbench - OpenCL 14127 41708
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 3358
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 247
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 814

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 GCN 2.0
Code name DG1 Saturn
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 5 February 2015
Place in performance rating 529 656
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz
Compute units 96
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1000 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 768 896
Pixel fill rate 39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s 56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops
Transistor count 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
Width IGP
Bus support Not Listed
Laptop size large

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
Memory bandwidth 68.26 GB/s 88 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Memory type LPDDR4X Not Listed
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore