Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs Intel HD Graphics 620

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and Intel HD Graphics 620 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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Intel HD Graphics 620

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1050 MHz
3142.9x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 768 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14238 vs 4178
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 1404
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 1404
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 1733
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 1733
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 216
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 922

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 30 August 2016
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238 vs 4178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462 vs 1733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462 vs 1733
PassMark - G2D Mark	311 vs 216
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972 vs 922

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 620

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3214

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 3214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 620

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14238

4178

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

1733

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

1733

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3340

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

216

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

922

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	Intel HD Graphics 620
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238	4178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	1733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	1733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3340
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	216
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		227.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		30.288
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		343

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	Intel HD Graphics 620
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Generation 9.5
Code name	DG1	Kaby Lake GT2
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	30 August 2016
Place in performance rating	523	1334
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 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	24
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	25.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt
Floating-point performance		403.2 gflops
Transistor count		189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x1
Width	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Memory type	LPDDR4X	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4
Shared memory		1
Technologies
Quick Sync