Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon RX 550X

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon RX 550X 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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

AMD Radeon RX 550X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1287 MHz
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 51.48 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
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
Around 63% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14127 vs 8679
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 3428
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 3428
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 3139
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 3139

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 3 April 2018
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1287 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 51.48 GTexel/s
Pipelines	768 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14127 vs 8679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462 vs 3139

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

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)
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3214
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 311
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2253 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14127

8679

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

3428

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

3428

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3139

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3139

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3349

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

422

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

2253

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon RX 550X
Geekbench - OpenCL	14127	8679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3349
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	422
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	2253

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon RX 550X
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	GCN 4.0
Code name	DG1	Lexa
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	3 April 2018
Place in performance rating	520	628
Type	Laptop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1287 MHz
Compute units	96	8/10
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	512
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s	20.60 GP/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	51.48 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	50 Watt
Floating-point performance		1.65 TFLOPs
Render output units		16
Stream Processors		512/640
Texture Units		40
Transistor count		2,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Width	IGP
Length		145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.1
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
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support