Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs Radeon R5 340X OEM

VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated621
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.13
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameOlandDG1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 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 cores384768
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate21.6079.20
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPS2.534 TFLOPS
ROPs824
TMUs2448

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x4
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz4.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s68.26 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 31 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics MAX has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 160% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 340X OEM 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.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM
Radeon R5 340X OEM
Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.5 453 votes

Rate Radeon R5 340X OEM on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.3 206 votes

Rate Iris Xe Graphics MAX on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.