Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs Radeon R9 Nano

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	248	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.38	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.2 (2015−2016)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	Fiji	Alder Lake Xe
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	10 September 2015 (8 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	64
Compute units	64	no data
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1400 MHz
Number of transistors	8,900 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	256.0	no data
Floating-point performance	8.192 gflops	no data

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	152 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	no data
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	+	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX 12_1
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	+	-
Mantle	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 September 2015	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm

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