Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon RX 560

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon RX 560 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 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 60-80 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 6571
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 6571
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 vs 18 April 2017
Boost clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 60-80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 vs 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 vs 6571

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

  • 3.6x more core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
  • 4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57671 vs 13655
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 3462
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 3462
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 3214
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 3214
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 311
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3649 vs 1972
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1090-1175 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
Pipelines 1024 vs 768
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 57671 vs 13655
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark 3649 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
13655
57671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3352
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
311
488
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
3649
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD Radeon RX 560
Geekbench - OpenCL 13655 57671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 3352
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 488
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 3649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 257.062
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1774

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX AMD Radeon RX 560

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 GCN 4.0
Code name DG1 Polaris 21
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 527 529
Type Laptop Desktop, Laptop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Price now $104.99
Value for money (0-100) 54.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz 1200-1275 MHz
Compute units 96 14/16
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1090-1175 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 1024
Pixel fill rate 39.60 GPixel/s 20.40 GP/s
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s 81.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 60-80 Watt
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024
Texture Units 64
Transistor count 3,000 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
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length 170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None

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

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)