Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs Intel Iris Graphics 540

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and Intel Iris Graphics 540 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 768 vs 48
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14238 vs 6296
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 2308
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 2308
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 1237
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 1237
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3214 vs 3158
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3214 vs 3158
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 1262
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 vs 1 September 2015
Boost clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Pipelines 768 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 14238 vs 6296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 vs 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 vs 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 vs 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 vs 3158
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 vs 1262

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Graphics 540

  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 319 vs 311
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 319 vs 311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: Intel Iris Graphics 540

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14238
6296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3158
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
311
319
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
1262
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX Intel Iris Graphics 540
Geekbench - OpenCL 14238 6296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 2308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 3158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 3158
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 319
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 1262
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX Intel Iris Graphics 540

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 Generation 9.0
Code name DG1 Skylake GT3e
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 523 1058
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 48
Pixel fill rate 39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 79.20 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt
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 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 68.26 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Memory type LPDDR4X eDRAM
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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