Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs Radeon Graphics 512SP
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 623 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 14.07 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) | Generation 12.1 (2020−2021) |
| GPU code name | Renoir | DG1 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 March 2020 (4 years ago) | 31 October 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 512 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2100 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 67.20 | 79.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.15 TFLOPS | 2.534 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| TMUs | 32 | 48 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Width | IGP | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | LPDDR4X |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 4.3 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 68.26 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | Motherboard Dependent | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 (6.4) | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 March 2020 | 31 October 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 25 Watt |
Graphics 512SP has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.
Iris Xe Graphics MAX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Graphics 512SP and Iris Xe Graphics MAX. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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