Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and AMD Radeon Sky 500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

AMD Radeon Sky 500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
1042.1x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 76 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 3585
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 3585
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 2116
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 2116

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 27 March 2013
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 76 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462 vs 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462 vs 2116

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

3.2x more core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
2.3x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
5.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74902 vs 14110
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5116 vs 3214
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5116 vs 3214
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 551 vs 311
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4764 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	1280 vs 768
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	74902 vs 14110
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5116 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5116 vs 3214
PassMark - G2D Mark	551 vs 311
PassMark - G3D Mark	4764 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14110

74902

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

3585

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

3585

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

2116

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

2116

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

5116

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

5116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

551

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

4764

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon Sky 500
Geekbench - OpenCL	14110	74902
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	5116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	5116
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	551
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	4764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		247.642

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	AMD Radeon Sky 500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG1	Pitcairn
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	27 March 2013
Place in performance rating	524	521
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	950 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	1280
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	150 Watt
Floating-point performance		2,432 gflops
Transistor count		2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		242 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
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	154 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	4800 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5