Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs Intel UHD Graphics 620

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and Intel UHD 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • 32x more pipelines: 768 vs 24
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14238 vs 4592
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 1397
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 1397
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3462 vs 878
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3462 vs 878
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3214 vs 2227
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3214 vs 2227
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 241
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 1042
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 vs 1 September 2017
Boost clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Pipelines 768 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 14238 vs 4592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 vs 878
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 vs 878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 vs 2227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 vs 2227
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 vs 241
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 vs 1042

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 620

  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14238
4592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6889
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
878
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3462
878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
2227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
2227
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
311
241
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
1042
Name Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX Intel UHD Graphics 620
Geekbench - OpenCL 14238 4592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6889 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6889 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3462 878
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3462 878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 2227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 2227
PassMark - G2D Mark 311 241
PassMark - G3D Mark 1972 1042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 273.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.939
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 31.881
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 62

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX Intel UHD Graphics 620

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 Generation 9.5
Code name DG1 Kaby Lake GT2
Launch date 31 Oct 2020 1 September 2017
Place in performance rating 523 1380
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz 1150 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
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 4.5
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 LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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