Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) 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 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1183 MHz
- 1538.5x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 51.48 GTexel / s
- Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Launch date | 31 Oct 2020 vs 18 April 2017 |
Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz vs 1183 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 79.20 GTexel/s vs 51.48 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 768 vs 640 |
Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm vs 14 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 50 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
- 3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 3.3x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Core clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Name | Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX | AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) |
---|---|---|
Geekbench - OpenCL | 14238 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6889 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6889 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3462 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3462 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3214 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3214 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 311 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1972 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX | AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) | |
---|---|---|
Essentials |
||
Architecture | Generation 12.1 | GCN 4.0 |
Code name | DG1 | Lexa |
Launch date | 31 Oct 2020 | 18 April 2017 |
Place in performance rating | 523 | not rated |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | |
GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $79.99 | |
Price now | $75 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 56.41 | |
Technical info |
||
Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz | 1183 MHz |
Compute units | 96 | |
Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1100 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 | 640 |
Pixel fill rate | 39.60 GPixel/s | |
Texture fill rate | 79.20 GTexel/s | 51.48 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 50 Watt |
Floating-point performance | 1.2 TFLOPs | |
Transistor count | 2,200 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
||
Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
||
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
Width | IGP | |
Laptop size | large | |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
API support |
||
DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Shader Model | 6.4 | |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
||
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 68.26 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
Memory clock speed | 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective) | 7000 MHz |
Memory type | LPDDR4X | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
||
4K H264 Decode | ||
4K H264 Encode | ||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
FreeSync | ||
H265/HEVC Decode | ||
H265/HEVC Encode | ||
HDMI 2.0 | ||
HDMI 4K Support | ||
LiquidVR | ||
PowerTune | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) |