Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon RX 480
Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon RX 480 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1266 MHz
- 434.4x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
- 6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 150 Watt
| Launch date | 31 Oct 2020 vs 29 June 2016 |
| Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz vs 1266 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 79.20 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm vs 14 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 150 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480
- 3.7x more core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 768
- 3.3x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
- 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39538 vs 14238
- Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11172 vs 6889
- Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11172 vs 6889
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 vs 3462
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3719 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
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 311
- 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8578 vs 1972
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1120 MHz vs 300 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2304 vs 768 |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 39538 vs 14238 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11172 vs 6889 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11172 vs 6889 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3719 vs 3462 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3719 vs 3462 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 vs 3214 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 vs 3214 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 774 vs 311 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8578 vs 1972 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 480
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| Name | Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 14238 | 39538 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6889 | 11172 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6889 | 11172 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3462 | 3719 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3462 | 3719 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3214 | 3361 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3214 | 3361 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 311 | 774 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1972 | 8578 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 103.851 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 769.541 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.593 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 67.879 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 597.772 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 966 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX | AMD Radeon RX 480 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Generation 12.1 | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | DG1 | Ellesmere |
| Launch date | 31 Oct 2020 | 29 June 2016 |
| Place in performance rating | 523 | 360 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | |
| Price now | $299.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 39.12 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz | 1266 MHz |
| Compute units | 96 | 36 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1120 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 14 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 | 2304 |
| Pixel fill rate | 39.60 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 79.20 GTexel/s | 182.3 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Floating-point performance | 5.8 TFLOPs | |
| GPU Power | 110 Watt | |
| Stream Processors | 2304 | |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
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| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| Eyefinity | ||
| HDMI | ||
| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | |
| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Bus support | n / a | |
| Length | 241 mm | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
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| Mantle | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 68.26 GB/s | 224 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) | 7000 MHz |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
| Enduro | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| FRTC | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HD3D | ||
| HDMI 2.0b | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| LiquidVR | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TressFX | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| VR Ready | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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